Both Meghan and Stacie are professional cooks with a collective 20+ years of experience in test kitchens, on television, at food publications, and more. They know their way around a kitchen, and want to share with you what they’ve learned over the years.
Meghan is a recipe developer, culinary producer, mom of two, and baker at heart. While she earned her culinary degree in Baking and Pastry Arts from the New England Culinary Institute, she cut her chops as a food media maven working for over a decade as part of Alton Brown’s culinary crew. Meghan’s writing regularly appears on Kitchn.com where she teaches instructional cooking. Her work has been featured in Parents, Redbook, and Better Homes and Gardens. She’s a wanna-be minimalist who is sprinkles obsessed. Meghan is currently moving her family from Boise, Idaho to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she can finally find her favorite mayo (Duke’s!) on the regular.
Packed with all the modern, vibrant recipes you need to solve dinner using everyone’s favorite protein.
Stacie is a Brooklyn-based cookbook author and food editor, mom of two boys (and a crazy dog), committed maximalist, and fashion-obsessed Real Housewives devotee. Her first cookbook Make It Easy: 120 Mix-and-Match Recipes to Cook From Scratch with Smart Store-Bought Shortcuts When You Need Them is a real-life manual of just-healthy-enough family eating for busy parents and their kids (yes, even the picky ones), and her second cookbook, Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner: 50 Winning Ways to Cook It Up!, is a one-stop shop for mastering everyone’s favorite dinnertime protein. Stacie’s work has been featured in Parents magazine, Rachael Ray Every Day, The Washington Post, Redbook, and more. She’s also been a guest on Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family show, the TODAY show, QVC, and too many morning shows than is good for her caffeine habit.
5 Dinner Formulas Every Cook Needs to Know
What’s your favorite episode of DIJFY?
A seasonal whiskey cocktail and crusty sourdough toast topped with my craving du jour
Current favorite cocktail/snack combo?
Leo
What's your sign?
Playing tennis
Your favorite way to spend your free time?
Being thirsty about my teen’s social drama
One Thing I’d Never Be Caught Doing
All About Biscuits
What’s your favorite episode of DIJFY?
Whiskey on the rocks and sharp cheddar cheese
Current favorite cocktail/snack combo?
Scorpio
What's your sign?
Bullet journaling and decorating my mid-century modern house
Your favorite way to spend your free time?
Sending snarky texts to Stacie
One Thing I’d Never Be Caught Doing
Samantha Gattsek is a Brooklyn-based podcast producer, editor, and sound designer. Formerly having worked in TV and radio, she's found her passion in podcasting. She is a driven problem solver — which lends naturally to putting together narrative stories. In 2021 she won a national Murrow Award for a piece with West Virginia Public Broadcasting about Grandfamilies.
Samantha is also an avid baker and home cook -- her favorite thing to bake is chocolate cake...although her decorating skills could use some improvement!