My Family Recipe

Chris Kimball

Christopher Kimball is founder of Milk Street, which produces Milk Street Magazine, Milk Street Television on PBS, and the weekly public radio show Milk Street Radio. He founded Cook’s Magazine in 1980 and was host and executive producer of America’s

Cheryl Day

Cheryl Day is a New York Times bestselling cookbook author, a James Beard Award semifinalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef, a self-taught scratch baker, and an entrepreneur. With her husband, Griffith Day, she is a cofounder of the Back in the Day Baker

Rose Hattabaugh

Rose Hattabaugh is a Senior Recipe Developer at Milk Street. As our resident baking enthusiast, she lives by the philosophy that every meal deserves a cake. Rose’s knowledge of all things culinary comes from her experience working in a variety of Bost

Wes Martin

Wes Martin is an accomplished cook, writer, producer, stylist and food media professional. Currently, as Culinary Production Director for Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, he oversees the culinary staff, facility and content creation for books, magaz

Diane Unger

Diane Unger has been in the food industry for over 40 years and has worked for Christopher Kimball for over 20. She started working at Milk Street in 2016.

Fairlight de Michele

Fairlight de Michele is a photographer who lives in Oakland, CA with her husband and two teenagers. Fairlight came to Milk Street with the hopes of recreating her Grandma Erna’s noodle kugel. Grandma Erna is a Holocaust survivor born in Poland and her

Karen Clay

Karen Clay lives in Johns Creek, GA with her husband and two of her three children. Her parents were originally from the south but made their way to the Los Angeles area where she grew up. She remembers her time living around the corner from her mater

Marie Griffin

Marie Griffin was born in Washington, D.C. but has moved around throughout her adult life. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters close by. Growing up, Marie developed an interest in baking and as her children grew, she

Linda White

Linda White lives with her husband in Fort Washington, PA, an area where members of her family have lived since 1698. Linda is a personal chef and has worked in and around food her entire life. She was raised by her grandmother who collected recipes i

Royce Tanaka

Royce Tanaka is originally from Hawaii, but currently lives in Fresno, CA with his wife Terri. Royce is a Chaplain with the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. His grandfather, Masao Teruya, was born in the Territory of Hawaii and served in the US Army

Sapna Pandya

Sapna Pandya lives in Washington, D.C. with her wife and daughter. Her family has lived in the DC-Maryland area since the 1950s when her Great Aunt moved there from Gujarat in western India. Sapna has memories of coming home from school to see the kit

Teryluz Andreu

Teryluz Andreu and her siblings grew up in a small beach town called Humacao in southeastern Puerto Rico. Despite Tery’s mother’s busy schedule, she was committed to providing her family with home-cooked meals and was a generous hostess during family

Melissa Long

When Melissa Long moved from Cincinnati to Las Vegas in the early 2000s, she worked in a casino with Tatiana, a friend from outside of Prague. Occasionally, Tatiana prepared a rustic, comforting soup that included pork ribs, smoked Polish sausage, sau

Tim Donovan

Tim Donovan is a retired lawyer currently living in Huntington, NY with his wife Marie and his youngest son. His eldest son and daughter and their young grandchildren live nearby. Tim has fond memories of his mother cooking for his family growing up a

Jessica Costantini

Jessica Costantini of Toronto, Ohio, has fond memories of her maternal grandmother’s Christmas popovers. She still recalls the aroma of them baking in the blackened, well-worn muffin tins that her grandmother used. “They were crisp on the outside and