Mar­i­lynn and Sheila Brass are home cooks with more than 126 years of expe­ri­ence between them. They have appeared in their own tele­vi­sion cook­ing spe­cials, includ­ing ​“The Brass Sis­ters Hol­i­day” on the Cook­ing Chan­nel, and were con­tes­tants on the Food Net­work’s Bob­by Flay’s Throw­down. Their pre­vi­ous book, Heir­loom Bak­ing, was nom­i­nat­ed for the James Beard Foun­da­tion Award in the cat­e­go­ry of ​“Bak­ing and Dessert.”