Elizabeth Falkner comes to Tanya's Table this week to talk about art, culture and the vast variety of roads life can take you as a pastry chef devoted to breaking barriers. A well-known television figure, Elizabeth appeared as a competitor and a judge on many television shows such as Food Network's Iron Chef and Chopped series, as well as several Bravo's Top Chef series.Beyond television, Elizabeth owned and managed 2 very successful San Francisco restaurants Citizen Cake (for 14 years) and Orson for (4 years). She is a well written author, having published 3 books- the first two with Ten Speed Press:  Demolition Desserts: Recipes from Citizen Cake (2007) and Cooking Off the Clock: Recipes from My Downtime (2012). In 2018, she self published Re-Fuse: Digital chefs notebook of ideas and recipes on food waste, responsible cooking.