table talk
Since I was a kid, we’ve had a joke in my family that as soon as we put down the fork on dessert at one meal, we’re already discussing options for the next. So it’s no surprise I gravitated to the food department as soon as I began working at Better Homes and Gardens®, not only for our editors’ expertise but also for the seemingly endless supply of cakes, cookies, and treats our Test Kitchen produces—and indeed, I have a sweet tooth. Our talented team, Maggie Glisan, Hali Ramdene, and Jarret Einck, is headed by Nancy Wall Hopkins (that’s Nancy and me, left, shopping at Des Moines’ amazing downtown farmers market). They know every food trend, every chef, every cookbook author, and every creator of artisanal food products you’d want to…
