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
Hot Chocolate with Marsh-Meows
What can be better than homemade marshmallows? How about Marsh-Meows? Cut into kitty-cat shapes, just in time to celebrate the Netflix original, The Adventures of Puss in Boots, which lands in Netflix queues on January 16. Since Puss is such a milk connoisseur, why not cuddle up to a mug of milk-based hot chocolate with floating cat marshmallows? Or usher in the new adventures of Puss in Boots … [Read More...]
New Year’s Eve Mocktails
New Year’s Eve doesn’t have to be just an adult affair. With these two mocktails, kids can get in on the fun, champagne glasses included. The first idea is Milk with Chocolate Chip Cookie Stick—pour milk into a champagne glass and then garnish with the Chocolate Chip Cookie Stick for supreme dunking. This is a chocolate chip cookie recipe baked biscotti-style—so the sticks are crunchy and can … [Read More...]
Cucumber Rolls with Veggie(Tales) Cream Cheese
Have you ever watched VeggieTales? It’s a parade of singing vegetables with super-catchy tunes that immediately get stuck in your head. With more VeggieTales episodes slated for November, including the new “VeggieTales in the House” produced by Netflix, this is just one of a slew of original kids programing on the horizon for Netflix. And to celebrate this occasion, I’ve made a snack worthy of … [Read More...]