Title:Contributing WriterEducation:Culinary degree from the Culinary Institute of AmericaLocation:Arlington, VirginiaExpertise:Food styling, recipe development, writingLisa Cherkasky is a food stylist with a wide-ranging background as a writer, recipe developer, chef, culinary consultant, sandwich blogger, teacher, bartender and milliner to Rosie O’Donnell. She is the author of the cookbooksThe Artful PieandYou’re the Chef. Lisa has done food-styling work for a multitude of corporate and editorial clients, including McCormick, Butterball, French’s, Simply Organic, the USDA, Marriott,National Geographic, theSmithsonian, the Food Network,Vegetarian TimesandThe Washington Post. Her professional affiliations include Les Dames d’Escoffier, the Southern Foodways Alliance, the Toaster Museum Foundation and the Culinary Historians of Washington. As a chef, Lisa has studied under Nora Pouillon, Yannick Cam, Peter Pastan and Jean-Pierre Goyanvalle, and she was the first woman ever hired to work the line at the Lion d’Or.EatingWell, aDotdash Meredith Brand, has been publishing award-winning journalism about food, nutrition and sustainability since 1990. Our mission is to share flavor-packed recipes from around the world, celebrating fresh ingredients and the farmers, artisans and chefs who bring them to our table. Through science-backed nutrition advice and smart stories about sustainability, we help readers live their best lives. Learn moreabout usand oureditorial process.

Title:Contributing WriterEducation:Culinary degree from the Culinary Institute of AmericaLocation:Arlington, VirginiaExpertise:Food styling, recipe development, writing

Title:Contributing Writer

Education:Culinary degree from the Culinary Institute of America

Location:Arlington, Virginia

Expertise:Food styling, recipe development, writing

Lisa Cherkasky is a food stylist with a wide-ranging background as a writer, recipe developer, chef, culinary consultant, sandwich blogger, teacher, bartender and milliner to Rosie O’Donnell. She is the author of the cookbooksThe Artful PieandYou’re the Chef. Lisa has done food-styling work for a multitude of corporate and editorial clients, including McCormick, Butterball, French’s, Simply Organic, the USDA, Marriott,National Geographic, theSmithsonian, the Food Network,Vegetarian TimesandThe Washington Post. Her professional affiliations include Les Dames d’Escoffier, the Southern Foodways Alliance, the Toaster Museum Foundation and the Culinary Historians of Washington. As a chef, Lisa has studied under Nora Pouillon, Yannick Cam, Peter Pastan and Jean-Pierre Goyanvalle, and she was the first woman ever hired to work the line at the Lion d’Or.

EatingWell, aDotdash Meredith Brand, has been publishing award-winning journalism about food, nutrition and sustainability since 1990. Our mission is to share flavor-packed recipes from around the world, celebrating fresh ingredients and the farmers, artisans and chefs who bring them to our table. Through science-backed nutrition advice and smart stories about sustainability, we help readers live their best lives. Learn moreabout usand oureditorial process.