Alejandra Ramos is the writer and creator of AlwaysOrderDessert.com, a culinary, lifestyle, and entertaining blog featuring original recipes and ideas for inspired living.

By day, Alejandra is International Editions Editor at Hearst Magazines International, where she edits several of the foreign editions of Cosmopolitan magazine in Western Europe, Scandinavia, South Africa, Brazil, and parts of Asia.

A food and lifestyle blogger since 2002, Alejandra's personal blog, Sent from My Dell Desktop, and food blog, Always Order Dessert, quickly gained a dedicated following of readers interested in her mouthwatering food writing and clever anecdotes of life in the city. They weren't the only ones who took notice as her writing also garnered the attention of national print and online media, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, Bon Appetit, Real Simple, Apartment Therapy, and Gawker.com.  

Always Order Dessert has been called one of the "Best of the Web" by Saveur Magazine, and  in 2009, the leading New Media website Mashable.com named Alejandra one of the "Top 55 Foodies to Follow on Twitter."

Alejandra was educated at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, and Apicius, The Culinary Institute of Florence, in Florence, Italy. She lives in New York City where she is currently working on her first cookbook. Alejandra is available for print  inquiries, television appearances, freelance assignments, and culinary and party consultation. Visit the contact page to get in touch!