Cookbooks
The I Love Trader Joe’s College Cookbook 150 Cheap and Easy Gourmet Recipes By Andrea Lynn I’m the author of two cookbooks: The I Love Trader Joe’s College Cookbook, easing college students into the world of cooking via Trader Joe’s products and The Artisan Soda Workshop, delving into … Read More
Recipe Development
After stints working at a New York Times three-star restaurant and as a personal chef, I merged my writing background and culinary talents into recipe development. My recipe for Double-Decker Chorizo Tostadas was featured on the cover of Chile Pepper magazine and my Serious Eats’ recipe for Sriracha … Learn More
Lifestyle Articles
I've logged more than a decade as a writer and editor, these last few years as a freelance writer. Starting with a newspaper background, I then logged several years experience in editor positions for magazines like Art Culinaire and Chile Pepper magazine (which led to being an expert on bhut jolokia … Read More
From the Blog
Egg Cream: What’s in a Name?
I'm obsessed with the fresh, constant supply of seltzer water pumped out by my small SodaStream. So much so that I wrote a cookbook, The Artisan Soda Workshop, revolving around syrups that can be mixed into the seltzer for DIY soda. And then it was a thrill to write a blog post for SodaStream featuring a recipe from the cookbook. I chose to highlight my Egg Cream recipe, which is misleading as far … [Read More...]
Ginger-Scallion Sauce, Two Ways
One of my first *wow* moments from culinary training was learning how to correctly peel gingerroot. Using a peeler never worked quite right due to the knobbiness of ginger. Cutting off the peel with a knife made me feel like half the ginger was ending up in the trash. The trick is to use a spoon to scrape the peel away, which works like kitchen magic. I'm a self-admitted ginger-aholic. I can't … [Read More...]
Chocolate Fondue.. Easy as Can Be
While chocolate fondue isn’t quite difficult to make, it involves tempering chocolate and all that jazz--which, let’s face it, can kind of be a pain. But, while working on my cookbook, The I Love Trader Joe’s College Cookbook, I discovered a quick, practically fool-proof way to get chocolate fondue the easy way. And that’s by melting chocolate chips and chocolate syrup together. The chocolate … [Read More...]