Jessica Battilana writes about food and the people who make it. Her first solo cookbook, Repertoire: All the Recipes You Need, was just released this spring. She has co-authored five cookbooks: Vietnamese Home Food, with Charles Phan, chef/owner of the Slanted Door; Tartine Book 3, with Tartine owner Chad Robertson; Sausage Making: A Definitive Guide with Recipes, a collaboration with butcher Ryan Farr; Home Cooked, with Anya Fernald; and Home Grown: Cooking From My New England Roots with Matt Jennings, chef of Boston’s Townsman. Jessica also writes a bi-monthly column for the San Francisco Chronicle Food Section.