As a recipe developer in Food Network Kitchen, I spend most of my days cooking and eating. There is also researching, writing and editing recipes to make sure whatever deliciousness we taste is captured in easy-to-follow directions for our audience.
Melissa's Articles
- Ode to Plain Food: How Cooking for My Son Brought Back My Love of Simple Meals
- Everything We Learned While Testing 15 Sheet Cake Recipes
- I Made Bagels For a Month Straight — Here’s What I Learned
- If You're Not Using All Your Herb Stems, You're Missing Out
- This Is the Easiest Way to Grill Vegetables This Summer
- The Best Store-Bought Vanilla Ice Creams, Tested by Food Network Kitchen
- Why I Ruin a Few Christmas Cookies Every Year
- The Best Store-Bought Almond Butters, Tested and Reviewed
- 9 Seafood Hacks This Test Kitchen Chef Swears By
- How to Make Whatever Dinner You're Craving — Even If You Don't Have the "Right" Protein
- The Best Store-Bought Boxed Brownie Mixes, Tested by Food Network Kitchen
- Do You Really Need to Bake with Vanilla Extract?
