Katherine Sacks
Associate Food Editor Emeritus
Katherine Sacks is a New York City-based writer, editor, and recipe developer (with a special interest in baking and vegetarian cuisine), focused on the connections between food culture, food pathways, sustainability, and the environment. Her previous roles include acting as the Digital Content Manager for FoodPrint.com, traveling the country as a Features Writer for StarChefs, and launching the Berlin section of Thrillist. Katherine holds a master’s degree in Magazine Journalism and Science Reporting from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where she was a 2011 Institute of Sustainability and Energy Cluster Fellow, and a bachelor’s degree in Culinary Arts from Drexel University.
The Cake to Make for Any (and Every) Occasion
Birthday party, festive dinner gathering, backyard barbecue—this tender buttermilk cake with orange cream-cheese frosting works for any—and every—occasion.
Vanilla-Buttermilk Layer Cake With Orange Frosting and Raspberries
This version of our delicious vanilla-buttermilk cake is doubled up to make a pretty layer cake perfect for birthdays or any festive occasion.
Vanilla-Buttermilk Cake With Raspberries and Orange Cream-Cheese Frosting
This tender buttermilk cake with rich orange cream-cheese frosting is sure to become your go-to for any festive occasion.
Upgrade Your Summer Salad With Country Fried Salad
Because salad is so much better topped with crispy, crunchy deep-fried steak.
Beer-Can Cabbage
Beer-Can Chicken, step aside. Cabbage becomes the star of any backyard barbecue with this awesome beer-steaming-plus-grilling technique. It's a smoky, sweet vegetarian play on pulled pork for Beer-Can Cabbage Sandwiches, but the chopped cabbage can also be served as a side dish.
Meet Beer-Can Cabbage, the Ultimate Vegetarian BBQ Main Course
Step aside beer-can chicken. Beer-can cabbage is so much better.
Beer-Can Cabbage Sandwiches
Cabbage becomes the star of any backyard barbecue with this awesome beer can–inspired technique.
Kale Salad Like You've Never Seen It Before
This totally game-changing kale salad features a familiar ingredient prepared in a totally genius new way.
Tempura Kale Salad
The crispy, crunchy tempura kale in this salad takes the place of breadcrumbs, adding a filling bite that will have you going back for more.
My Dirty (Chicken) Secret
Please don't give me moist and tender dark meat. The drier the better.
Diner-Style Buttermilk Pancakes
Buttermilk, baking soda, and seltzer unite to create these extra-fluffy pancakes. Their large size is classic for diners, but you can make them easier to flip by using smaller scoops, if you like.
The Wedding Cake You Can Make Yourself
Baking a wedding cake is not as hard as it sounds! This stunning and delicious cake is designed with the average home baker in mind.
Vanilla-Buttermilk Wedding Cake with Raspberries and Orange Cream-Cheese Frosting
Baking a wedding cake is not as crazy—or difficult—as it sounds! This stunning and delicious cake is designed to be as streamlined as possible. The moist buttermilk cake requires no trimming, the cream cheese frosting is much more simple (and just as stable) as wedding cake's typical buttercream, and edible flowers and pretty raspberries make decorating a breeze.
How to Make Poke Cake Even Better
Forget about boxed mix, JELL-O, and soggy stripes. This pretty cake is packed with lemony flavor and has bright blue(berry) stripes inside.
Lemon-Blueberry Poke Cake
You don’t need a mixer for this cake, and when you slice into it, you’ll be greeted with a surprise: bold stripes of bright blueberry filling.
Vanilla-Buttermilk Sheet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
A little orange juice (and zest) wakes up the icing of this crowd-pleasing cake with sweet citrus flavor.
Meet the Snack Cake of Your Dreams
Salty, sweet, covered in chocolate, and a little bit healthy? We'll take two pieces, thank you very much.