Nicholio

Food editor, recipe wrangler, rhubarb aficionado. Editor in Chief of Allrecipes magazine. Raised on a Midwestern farm, I'm a former newspaper restaurant critic, cookbook editor, and culinary school teacher; a current Allrecipes magazine editor and food writer; and a lover of ethnic foods (French, Moroccan, Turkish, Lebanese, Greek, Korean, Indian, you name it!), Southern foods, barbecue, homegrown veggies, farm-to-table fare, desserts and carby indulgences, gardening, reading, travel, art, music, yoga, midcentury modern furniture, cats, and real live people (especially food people and cat people). ... In the kitchen, I often take a jazz approach with savory recipes (riffing on the theme, taking an idea and running with it) and a more classical one (following along, note for note) with baking recipes. ... In the zombie apocalypse, zombies best beware! I have a razor-sharp 10-inch Shun chef's knife, and I know how to use it. :)