'Lara Eucalano - Simply Recipes'

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Education: Bachelor's in English from St. Norbert College

Expertise: Italian-American food, Vegetarian cooking, Seasonal produce, Preserving, Cocktails

Senior editor for Simply Recipes.
Previously an editor at Taste of Home.

Experience

Lara is a senior editor for Simply Recipes. She creates stories about celebrity recipes, cooking techniques, and whatever's new at Trader Joe's. Her areas of expertise are Italian American food and not following the recipe.

Previously, Lara was an editor at Taste of Home, where she led the brand's food news coverage. When she's not at work, Lara loves to garden, cook with seasonal ingredients, and keep an eye on her flock of backyard chickens.

Most-beloved cooking tool: "My microplane!"

About Simply Recipes

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