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Recipe4Living is dedicated to fostering an online community interested in cooking, thinking, and living. Through reader feedback and contribution, we strive to create a meaningful space for people to come together and communicate about important topics ranging from the best cheesecake recipe to grilling tips to current trends in dieting. Recipe4Living understands that the best ideas come from a diverse community working together.
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Recipe4Living Editorial Team
Meet the Recipe4Living Team
Maxine Glass, Editor
Maxine is thrilled to be part of the Recipe4Living team, as it allows her to fuse two of her favorite things: food and writing. As a graduate from the Journalism school at University of Wisconsin-Madison, she has a strong passion for the Badgers, Lake Mendota and Ian's Pizza (mmm Mac & Cheese). She will try anything once (except red meat), but prefers seafood, cheese and dark chocolate (not all at once) and especially enjoys kitchen gadgets with very specific purposes like the melon baller.
Best Meal Ever: When I was in Paris with a friend, her grandmother told us we must go to Lasserre. By far the most elegant meal I've ever eaten in my entire life, the 60+ year old restaurant boasts course after course of decadence. The ceiling of the restaurant is painted like the sky and in good weather, opens to reveal the actual sky. Every bite was perfection. At the end of the meal, every guest receives a signature miniature pot as a keepsake.
Most Disastrous Kitchen Moment: Trying to make risotto and ending up with mostly raw, slightly creamy mush.
Favorite Cookbook:
"Got Milk? The Cookie Book" by Peggy Cullen
Favorite Foods Eaten in Foreign Countries: Fish and Chips (England), Seafood Paella (Spain), Grilled Swordfish (Portugal), Chocolate Crepes (France), Fried Cheese, "Smazeny Syr" (Prague), Gelato - any flavor (Italy), Falafel (Israel)
Hillary Marshak, Editor
Born and raised a suburban Chicagoan, Hillary has loved editing since the day she was taught to read and write. She would even edit her brothers’ writing assignments before she was in the third grade. She plays word games for fun, anything from Boggle to Scrabble, but especially Wheel of Fortune. Prior to joining the Recipe4Living team, Hillary was a copy editor for her college newspaper: The Daily Illini. So, if you haven’t guessed, she graduated from the University of Illinois (Urbana, Champaign) with a degree in news editorial journalism. Hillary could not be more excited to venture into the online publishing industry with Recipe4Living.com!
So, can she cook? A self-proclaimed unusual cook, Hillary’s college years left her able to bake brie cheese at 2 in the morning, but unable to master a simple stir fry. She is quite passionate about making the perfect crème brulee (and has come close ) but cannot, for the life of her, correctly bake a potato. So, needless to say, Hillary has much to learn in the pragmatic cooking realm, but she plans to improve with the help of Recipe4Living. In the meantime, she wants to tell every beginner cook that you don’t have to be able to cook everything to be a great chef!
What is the best meal she has ever had? TOUGH QUESTION. Some may call it a fad, but there is definitely a great deal of enjoyment to be had while eating fresh-cut sushi. A piece of white tuna or salmon nigiri = gold. But, while I haven’t been all around the world to try every exotic cuisine out there, I’d have to say the best meals I’ve had have been closest to home. To me, there is something overly comforting about a warm bowl of matzo ball soup, a dish of sweet and sour meatballs to dip challah into, or my grandmother’s cholent (a stew of meat, potatoes, and barley). So, if I had to pick, Jewish and Japanese cooking top my favorites.
Any favorite restaurants? Big Bowl (Ideal meal: lemon chicken, chicken satay and hibiscus iced tea), Cheesecake Factory (crusted chicken romano) and you guessed it, just about any sushi restaurant out there.
Favorite Cookbook: Creme Brulee, a compilation of recipes carried by Williams Sonoma
Nancy Radler, Editor
Nancy is enjoying her role as an editor for Recipe4Living. It lets her share her adventures in cooking and eating with others who share a similar experience. Nancy graduated from Regis College in Westin, MA with a double major in Communications and English and then attended The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. With three boys, one husband and two dogs, she knows how difficult it can be to get a meal on the table every night which is why her favorite meal these days come from a crock pot or a drive-thru. She always has time to indulge her passion for baking, and is said to make the best chocolate chip cookies in the world
Best Meal Ever: That's a hard one as I've eaten in Germany, France, Italy, and Mexico and all over the US. However, if I had to pick one it would be at Sir Winston's Restaurant on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. The restaurant is located on board the Queen Mary, a luxurious ocean liner from the beginning of the 20th century that has been lovingly restored as a hotel using the original art-deco interior. There, my husband and I shared a romantic dinner of Sir Winston's Romaine Salad, Chateaubriand for two and Sir Winston's Chocolate Souffle Served with Cream Anglaise, Chocolate Sauce and Whipped Cream. The view of the Pacific Ocean was breathtaking and the food was divine. And we ate there without the kids.
Most Disastrous Kitchen Moment: Hands down, the most horrible meal I ever prepared was a Reuben Casserole. To this day, it's the only thing my family can remember that was totally inedible, and even I have to agree with them.
Favorite Cookbook:
Fannie Farmer Cookbook; I use it for baking.
Favorite Foods Eaten While Traveling: Pibil Pork in Mexico, Lobster in Boston, Hot Dogs in Chicago, Deep Dish Pizza in Chicago, Navajo Taco's in Tuba City, Arizona, Buffalo Burgers at Custer State Park in South Dakota, Calzones in Rome, Dijon Mustard Salad in Nice, France and finally, the Restaurant Marrakesh at Epcot in Disney World; belly dancer and all.
Previous Contributers
Caley Walsh, Editor
Sarah Potts, Editor
Jim Smylie, Editor
