Liv Dansky

Title: Freelance Recipe Tester/Developer; Food News & Deals Writer, Commerce

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Expertise: Recipe testing, recipe development, cooking, kitchen equipment

Liv Dansky has worked with Dotdash Meredith since 2019 as a recipe tester and developer and, more recently, as a writer for the commerce team. Her work can be found across brands like Food & Wine, Southern Living, Real Simple, Eating Well, and Serious Eats.

Whether she is writing an article about her favorite kitchen products or developing a chocolate cheesecake recipe, Liv feels incredibly lucky to have found a job that has never once felt like work.

When Liv isn't cooking or eating for Dotdash Meredith, she can be found cooking and eating for fun, with an occasional run or tennis match thrown in.

Highlights:

Former full-time recipe tester and developer in the Dotdash Meredith Food Studios in Birmingham, AL
Liv has a BA in Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis, an MA in Food Journalism from the University of Southern California, and a Diplôme de Cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu London
Freelance writer and recipe tester/developer with work published in Food & Wine, Eating Well, Southern Living, and Real Simple, among other publications

Experience

Liv grew up in Denver, CO where she struggled to breathe and bake at altitude. She left the Mile High City to earn a BA from Washington University in St. Louis, an MA from the University of Southern California, and a Diplôme de Cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu London.

Liv dabbled in restaurant-focused public relations and spent time working in professional kitchens in Denver and Atlanta before finding her way to Dotdash Meredith. She is now eating her way through LA and frequenting farmers markets all year long (gasp!).

Favorite Purchase:

My Vitamix blender is my best friend in the kitchen. I put it through its paces every day when I make my morning smoothies, and it hasn't failed me yet.

Education

BA in Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis
MA in Food Journalism from the University of Southern California
Diplôme de Cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu London

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.