Every now and then, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has a hankering for graham crackers and shortbread. Like Pulp Fiction’s Jimmie, she buys the gourmet expensive stuff because when she eats it she wants to taste it. And so, rather than sending out her law clerks for Honey Maid grahams and Walkers shortbread, O’Connor calls Polly Brown.

To say that Brown knows graham crackers and shortbread is a little like saying that O’Connor knows constitutional law. Brown – who runs her POLLYstyle premium baked goods outfit out of her home and various kitchens around D.C. – is a veritable baking guru. During her nearly five years as the founding pastry chef at Teaism, Brown was responsible for concocting such delicacies as the ginger scone, the sourdough waffle, crispy rice treats, and the lime-chiffon cake – and for churning out more than 40,000 of Teaism’s signature salty oat cookies.