Abra Berens

Abra Berens is a chef and author based in Michigan. She is a two-time James Beard Semifinalist for Best Chef Great Lakes. Her cookbooks include Ruffage, which was a 2020 Michigan Notable Book winner and James Beard Award nominee; Grist, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Art of Eating Prize and named an Essential Cookbook by The New Yorker; and Pulp, named a 2023 Best Cookbook of the Year by Epicurious, Vice, Library Journal, and more. Her fourth book MAYO: 100+ recipes for the love of mayonnaise publishes in March 2027.

Today she is the co-owner of Everyday Cooking School, in Traverse City, MI, as well as Director at Large at Granor Farm in Three Oaks, MI.