My name is Mel, and I’m a coffee enthusiast and avid traveler born and raised in California. Although I'm a native Californian, I lived in a myriad of places growing up, from Mexico and Palestine to England and France. My dream is to move to Stockholm, Edingburgh, Belfast, or London! Anyway, I’ve always got my nose stuck in a book, and, when I don’t, you can find me drinking an iced chai at my local café, making sufganiyot from scratch, collecting paperbacks, or fantasizing about being the next GBBO Star Baker.