![]() How do you keep track of what you have to do? Working alone means I’m sometimes the only one who gets to taste what I make, so it’s good to have other people confirm that what I’m cooking is actually delicious, and it’s not all in my head. Other than that, both my boyfriend and my friend Ryan come over and eat most of the food I cook, which is more helpful than it sounds. Sometimes Dan will hand me a cocktail, then toss me a coaster with the recipe written out in his beautiful handwriting. I also have a few bartender friends-especially 3-Ingredient Happy Hour by suggesting cocktail ideas and recipes. When I’m filming videos, my video producer, Joel, is very good at keeping me focused and calm by giving me compliments and helping with food prep and cleaning. Virginia (our managing editor) helps me with scheduling, which is extremely helpful because planning ahead is not something I’m particularly great at. I work from home, but I rely on all my editors pretty heavily for feedback on ideas. Who are the people who help you get things done, and how do you rely on them? It might be because there’s enough noise in a public place that it all kind of just melds into one, big, white-ish noise. The weird thing is that I’m able to work at a bar-no matter what music is playing-without any problems. ![]() I used to be able to listen to this playlist, which is full of songs I’ve heard a million times, but I can’t even do that anymore. I can edit photos and cook with music on, but it’s almost impossible for me to write with any noise. If I’m at home, I need complete silence to write. Take us through an interesting, unusual, or finicky process you have in place at work. If you don’t use all the dressing, just close the jar and pop it in the fridge. There are a bunch of pricey “emulsifying bottles” out there but it’s way easier to just throw everything in a jar, seal the jar, and shake the jar to emulsify the dressing. What’s your best shortcut or life hack (no matter how small or niche)?Īlways make salad dressing in a mason jar. I also do most of my writing at the coffee table, on my uncomfortable vintage couch. My kitchen table is basically just a photo station now-I do most of my eating at the coffee table. The immersion circulators, Instant Pot, and vacuum sealer all live in the same corner. My kitchen is set up like a normal kitchen, I guess. Luckily I really like my apartment it has lots of natural light, it’s decorated to my liking, and my cat is there. I live in a studio, so my whole apartment feels like my office sometimes, which can create an interesting work-life balance. I am probably the least technically inclined person at Lifehacker. I wish I had a cool app that revolutionised my work flow to recommend, but I do not. I use the usual social media crap like Twitter and Instagram, and I have casting apps for Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and Spotify. I couldn’t do my job without my camera (a Canon Rebel SL1), but the kitchen gadgets I mostly use are my two sous vide circulators-I have one Joule and one Anova-my Instant Pot, and my immersion blender. Besides your phone, what apps, gadgets, or tools can’t you live without? Then I did the dishes that I generated that day-which were many-and wiped down the kitchen. Then I went to the store and got some ingredients for a shrimp cocktail, made a shrimp cocktail, took photos of the shrimp cocktail, and ate the shrimp cocktail. I wrote that up, got it on the site, and wrote my early-in-the-day article for Tuesday. Last Monday (August 27th) was pretty fun because I got up and immediately made and ate (and took pictures of) a peach caprese salad, which was delicious. My workdays are all actually pretty similar, with the main variation being what I cook. I came on as a staff writer in February of 2017, and it has, frankly, been a dream job. Eventually xoJane ceased to exist and, lucky for me, Lifehacker’s editor in chief at the time ( Alan Henry) was able to give me more work. ![]() I freelanced for them for a few years, writing for a few other outlets here and there, then I started freelancing for Lifehacker, taking over Skillet. Most of their food-related content was either about diets or mental health issues around food, so I asked if I could write about it from the view of “food is good!” Much to my surprise, they said “yes.” My first article was about peanut butter and pickle sandwiches. I started blogging as a hobby, then cold pitched xoJane, asking them if I could write about food, because I like food. I studied chemistry at the University of Florida, and completed an internship at Dupont working in organic light-emitting diodes before taking a full-time lab position at Honeywell running the same spectrometer all day. My background is neither in food nor in writing. One word that best describes how you work: Anxiously.įirst of all, tell us a little about your background and how you got to where you are today. Current Gig: Food editor for Lifehacker (I run Skillet.)
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