Welcome! I’m Laura Russell, recipe developer, tester and cookbook author.

Let me know how I can help with your recipe needs, whether in the kitchen or in an editorial capacity.

Welcome! I’m Laura Russell, recipe developer, tester and cookbook author.

Let me know how I can help with your recipe needs, whether in the kitchen or in an editorial capacity.

Freelance Recipe Developer, Recipe Tester, Editor

What began as an illicit kitchen in my college dorm room morphed into a decades-long career creating culinary content for magazines, cookbooks, newspapers and digital platforms.

As a veteran of the test kitchens of both Food & Wine and Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street magazines, I’ve developed thousands of recipes using the meticulous practices these institutions demand.

Although I've authored two of my own cookbooks, my great joy is working on other people's projects (see the gallery for my recent work). The team effort brings to mind what first intrigued me about cooking as a college freshman. Food comforts. Food brings people together, and I want to create and nurture that kind of community.