Our recipes and stories, delivered. go May 29, 2023 1988 — Bake-Off Grand Prize winner Julie Konecne (Bemidji, MN) tastes her chocolate praline layer cake (San Diego, CA) By: Matt Rodbard Matt Rodbard Matt Rodbard is the editor in chief of TASTE and author of Koreatown: A Cookbook, a New York Times best-seller, and Food IQ: 100 Questions, Answers, and Recipes to Raise Your Cooking Smarts.