More Stuff I've Done

Have you ever read the Indian parable about the blind men and the elephant? A group of blind men touch an elephant in order to understand what it "looks" like. Each of the men, having touched a completely different part of the animal from the others, describes a radically different beast.

So, that's sort of how I feel about my career. Some people think I'm a cookbook editor, some a food writer, some a magazine food editor, some a recipe developer, some a nutrition analyst, some a recipe/copy editor, and some a cookbook indexer. (I also like to think of myself as a junior-level techno-geek and database expert, but most people don't quite grok that.)

I've just done a whole bunch of different stuff. And most people have trouble imagining that a person could possibly have more than one skill. [hahahaha . . . or LOL if I'm being old-school]

(Um, I also have a resumé, but it felt creepy posting it here. Contact me through this blog and I'll send it to you.)

Recipe Editing/Line Editing (just a sampling)

I've worked on a bajillion—or maybe a bazillion (I've lost count)—cookbooks, but these are some of my faves . . .  and as you can see from the length, I obviously had trouble trying to narrow this down. 

Becker, Ethan + Megan Scott: Joy of Cooking (Scribner, 2019)

Nosrat, Samin: Good Things (Random House, 2025)

El-Waylly, Sohla: Start Here (Knopf, 2023)

Kim, Eric: Korean American: A Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, 2022)

Saffitz, Claire: What’s for Dessert? (Clarkson Potter, 2022); Dessert Person (Clarkson Potter, 2020)

Adler, Tamar: An Everlasting Meal Cookbook (Scribner, 2023)

You Suck at Cooking (anonymous): You Suck at Cooking (Clarkson Potter, 2019)

LaFrieda, Pat: Meat (Atria Books, 2014)

Roman, Alison: Sweet Enough (Clarkson Potter, 2023)

Tosi, Christina: All About Cookies (Clarkson Potter, 2022), All About Cake (Clarkson Potter, 2018)

Gaines, Joanna: Magnolia Table, Volume 2 (William Morrow, 2020), Magnolia Table (William Morrow, 2018)

Ripert, Eric: Seafood Simple (Random House, 2023), Vegetable Simple (Random House, 2021)

Teigen, Chrissy: Cravings: Hungry for More (Clarkson Potter 2018), Cravings (Clarkson Potter, 2016)

Thug Kitchen (née anonymous): Hungry as Hell (Rodale Books, 2023), Bad Manners series (Rodale Books, 2015–2021)

Andres, Jose: World Central Kitchen Cookbook (Clarkson Potter 2023)

Ansel, Dominique: Life’s Sweetest Moments (Harvest, 2024)

Belfrage, Ixta: Mezcla (Ten Speed Press, 2022)

Bottura, Massimo: Bread Is Gold (Phaidon Press, 2017)

Canora, Marco: Brodo (Clarkson Potter, 2015)

Choi, Roy: The Choi of Cooking (Clarkson Potter, 2025)

de Laurentiis, Giada: Super-Italian (Rodale, 2025)

Flay, Bobby: Sundays with Sophie (Clarkson Potter, 2022), Beat Bobby Flay (Clarkson Potter, 2021)

Fox, Jeremy: On Vegetables (Phaidon Press, 2017)

Harris, Jessica B.: Braided Heritage (Clarkson Potter, 2025)

Hart, Richard: Bread (Clarkson Potter, 2024)

Jarnit-Bjegsø, Jeppe: Food & Beer (Phaidon Press, 2016)

Lakshmi, Padma: Padma’s All-American (Knopf, 2025)

Leo, Maurizio: The Perfect Pizza (Clarkson Potter, 2026), The Perfect Loaf (Clarkson Potter, 2022)

Lloyd, Bobbie: The Magnolia Bakery Handbook, Vol 2: Icebox Desserts (Harvest, 2025), Magnolia Bakery Handbook (Harper 2020)

Maloney, Toby: The Classic Cocktail Sessions (Clarkson Potter, 2026)

Mar, Angie: Butcher + Beast (Clarkson Potter 2019)

Marley, Cedella: Cooking with Herb (Avery, 2017)

Martinez, Virgilio: Central (Phaidon Press, 2016)

Massov, Olga, and Sanae Lemoine: Hot Sheet (Harvest, 2024)

McFadden, Joshua: Grains for Every Season (Artisan, 2021), Six Seasons (Artisan, 2017)

Music, Carla Lalli: Food Is a Feeling (Clarkson Potter, 2026), Where Cooking Begins (Clarkson Potter, 2019)

Nelson, Willie: Willie & Annie Nelson’s Cannabis Cookbook (Gallery Books, 2024)

Scott, Rodney: Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ (Clarkson Potter, 2021)

Seinfeld, Jessica: The Can’t Cook Book (Atria Books, 2013)

Shulman, Martha Rose: The Simple Art of Vegetarian Cooking (Rodale, 2014)

Silverton, Nancy: The Peanut Butter Cookie That Changed My Life (Knopf, 2023)

Simeon, Sheldon: O’hana Style (Clarkson Potter, 2026), Cook Real Hawai’i (Clarkson Potter, 2021)

Singleton Hachisu, Nancy: Japan: The Cookbook (Phaidon Press, 2018)

Symon, Michael: Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out (Clarkson Potter, 2025), Simply Symon Suppers (Clarkson Potter, 2023) + three more

Tipton-Martin, Toni: Jubilee (Clarkson Potter, 2019)

Twitty, Michael W.: Recipes from the American South (Phaidon Press, 2025)

Even more stuff HERE