ABOUT THIS COOK:

I grew up loving food and cooking in Alberta, Canada. After completing a degree in psychology at McGill University in 2007, I followed my love of food to New York City and enrolled in pastry school. I worked for several magazines including, Food Arts, Wine Access, Up! and Food & Wine. Recently, I completed a Masters in Food Studies at NYU. Now, in addition to testing recipes for food52, I test recipes for the James Beard Foundation and work at The Institute of Culinary Education doing social media and PR. For more about me, check out the Behind Food52 page.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Crocodile. It was on a stick.

• What do you cook when home alone?
  I cannot deny that its usually cookies.

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My spatula with a bump on the handle so you can set it down without laying the head of the spatula on the counter.

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  Six seems like a good number to aim for.