Margaret Braun - Author of Cakewalk (Rizzoli), is a Sugar Artist who has redefined the art of cake decorating. Internationally renowned for her distinctive, boundary breaking style which fuses food and the fine arts, Margaret has influenced and inspired dessert and design enthusiast for years. At the same time, her emphasis on classical technique places her in the realm of genuine artisans from centuries past. Born in New York to a family of musicians and food lovers, Margaret spent the better part of her early life drawing on napkins, jeans, shoes, desks, and walls, until she found her self in a pastry kitchen where she began drawing on cakes. Then she discovered food coloring and from that moment on Margaret went on to create some of the most beautiful and delicious edible creations ever seen. Margaret loves what she does and her fantastic creations have been featured extensively in print, TV, radio, and in motion pictures.

Margaret has been called “A Sugar Artist Extraordinare ” - Food and Wine, “ The Guru of Wedding Cakes ” - New York Magazine, “ The Sugar Diva ” - The Daily News, “A Visionary Artiste Du Sucre ” - Elle Magazine, “ New York City ’s Decorative Diva of High Pastry Art ” - Food Arts, The Picasso of Cake Decorating- Bloomberg Radio, The Svengali of Sugar - ABC News, and The Gianni Versace of Wedding Cakes – Los Angeles Times.

Margaret's work has appeared in:
Food & Wine, Gourmet ,Vogue, New York Magazine, O Magazine, InStyle, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Bride’s, Elle, Martha Stewart Weddings, Elle Décor, House Beautiful, Town & Country, Interview, Paper, Time Out, Centurion, Lucky, Redbook, InStyle Weddings, Modern Bride, New York Weddings, Bridal Guide, The Knot, Food Arts, Pastry Art & Design, Chocolatier, Billboard, The New York Times, The Daily News, The New York Post, The New York Observer The Village Voice, Newsday, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, New York Magazine Weddings, Grace Ormand Wedding Style, Family Life, Romantic Times, Cartier Art, Gastromonica, Zagat, Victoria, Mademoiselle, Taste, National Post (Canada), Vogue Sposa Italia, Conde Nast Brides UK, Japan Woman, Caras, (Brazil), Piazza,(Germany), Italian Glamour, Italian Vogue, Cartier Art- France, Italy

TV:
Oprah, Top 5 (TVFN), Extreme Cuisine (TVFN), Ready Set Cook (TVFN), Food Nation with Bobby Flay (TVFN), Colin Cowie Everyday Elegance (WE), The Christopher Lowell Show (Discovery), Mystery Cake Challenge (TVFN), Pure Oxygen (Oxygen), Today Show, Control (Univision), InStyle Weddings, Who's Wedding Is It Anyway (Style) Handbook Weddings (Fine Living), Business Unusual (CNN), Eyewitness News, Molto Mario (TVFN), Good Morning America, MacNeil Lehrer (PBS)

Film:
Meet Joe Black, Autumn in New York, The Great New Wonderful