Craig Ruff

Location: Birmingham, AL

Craig is a dedicated cook and a lifetime learner. His expertise is primary southern cuisine, general recipe development, and food science.

Experience

Craig joined the Dotdash team in 2023 as the test kitchen fellow for the Dotdash Meredith Food Studios. He is now a test kitchen assistant. He comes from years of work in restaurants in Mississippi and New Orleans, and he holds a Bachelors in Culinary Arts. Since he joined the Dotdash team, he has developed and tested countless recipe for Serious Eats, Food & Wine, Southern Living, and other Dotdash brands.

About Serious Eats

Serious Eats, a Dotdash brand, is an award-winning food and drink website visited by over 7 million hungry readers every month. Our audience comes to us for rigorously tested recipes, science-driven cooking techniques, robust equipment reviews, and stories that offer cultural and historical context to the foods we love to eat.

Dotdash is among the largest and fastest growing publishers online, and has won over 50 awards in the last year alone, including Digiday's 2020 Publisher of the Year. Dotdash brands include Verywell, Investopedia, The Balance, The Spruce, Simply Recipes, Serious Eats, Byrdie, Brides, MyDomaine, Lifewire, TripSavvy, Liquor.com, and TreeHugger.