Dawn J. Ranck

Good has been part of many cookbook projects, authoring The Best of Amish Cooking and The Festival Cookbook, and co-authoring Recipes from Central Market, Favorite Recipes with Herbs, The Best of Mennonite Fellowship Meals, and From Amish and Mennonite Kitchens. Good and her husband, Merle, live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and are co-directors of The People_s Place, a heritage interpretation center in the Lancaster County village of Intercourse, Pennsylvania.

Ranck has been a convinced slow-cooker user for years. She, along with her many friends, have been lining up their various-sized cookers on their kitchen counters before they set off each morning--and coming home to richly flavored full dinners. Ranck lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia.