Recipe Writing

Recipes Need a "Lightbulb Moment," says Emily Weinstein, Editor-in-Chief of New York Times Cooking and Food

With 24,000 recipes in the NYT Cooking database, this high-powered editor knows what she wants from them -- and writers

Jan 15

Be Nice, Be Positive and Work Hard, says Melissa Clark

She’s written 45 cookbooks and worked at The New York Times since 1997, so this strategy must be working.

Jun 15, 2024

Caroline Chambers Makes $15k+ Per Recipe

You might not know this recipe writer, but she's a superstar -- and a super earner.

Jan 15, 2024

On "Taste and Adjust the Seasoning as Desired"

If you write that in your recipes, we're going to have some words.

Jul 15, 2023

Season to Taste?

This piece came out last week in the New Yorker: The Recipe Convention that Dooms Home Cooks. “Countless cookbooks instruct readers to ‘season t…

Sep 8, 2022

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