Emily Johnson
Associate Director, Commerce
Since joining Epicurious in 2017, Emily has learned to throw better dinner parties, cooked lots of solo dinners, and fed unsuspecting friends and family members lots of cream cheese in various forms. She now strategizes and edits shopping stories across both Epi and Condé Nast’s other food brand, Bon Appétit. Before coming to Epicurious, Emily was at Lucky Peach and studied literature at The New School.
My Grandmother's Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe, and How I Tried to Improve It
A story of snobbery, arrogance, and lots of salted butter.
All the Best Cookbooks of Spring 2018
37 cookbooks we're excited to buy, read, and cook from in the next three months.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Using salted butter and resting the dough are the secrets to these crowd-pleasing cookies that are equal parts chewy and crunchy.
How I Mastered the Workday Lunch
I'm an officially disorganized person who finally enacted a lunch routine. If I can do it, so can you.
Jerrelle Guy on Rice Crispy Treats, Self-Love, and Baking Out of the Box
The author of Black Girl Baking wants to take the rigidity out of recipes.
Weekly Meal Plan: February 19–23
Cheesy baked pasta, cauliflower toasts, and vegetarian tacos.
How to Make a Cheese Plate for Yourself—and Why That's a Powerful Idea
It's the easiest, most elegant solo dinner there is.
10 Instant Pot Recipes for the Super Bowl, Picked by Instant Pot All-Stars
Don't touch that slow cooker! For this year's Super Bowl chili, Super Bowl tacos, and, uh, Super Bowl clams, these experts recommend reaching for the Instant Pot.
Weekly Meal Plan: Winter Comfort Food Is a Go
It's cold out there. Feed your winter cravings with chicken noodle soup and lasagna.
The Latke-Reuben Mash-Up We're Serving for the Super Bowl
It's a latke. It's a reuben. It's a latke reuben.
Melissa Clark's Brilliant Dinner for One Is This Brothy Bowl of Cabbage
And now we're hooked on it, too.
13 Kid-Friendly Sauce Recipes That Aren't Ketchup
If your kid will eat anything as long as it's slathered in ketchup, try these kid-friendly sauces to broaden their horizons.
These Cake Pans Will Make Your Kid Think You're a Baking Genius
An elaborate birthday cake is actually as easy as pouring batter into a mold with these cool pans.
These Vegetarian Comfort Foods from Mark Bittman Are Getting Us Through Winter
Because it's freezing, and we're not in the vegetarian recipe game for lightness and health.
How to Make Birthday Cake and Celebrate Your Life Like A Boss
A birthday isn't a birthday without cake.
Seasonal Spotlight
87 Recipes for When You Need a Reset
Indulged a little too much lately? Check out our favorite detox recipes, all of which will help you reset while staying sated.
The Best-Rated Recipes of 2017
You cooked, you rated, you reviewed. And in 2017, these were the Epi recipes you liked the best.
How to Throw a New Year's Fondue Party with Your Kids
Because the last day of the year should involve dipping things in a vat of cheese.