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Mara Santiago
Ingredients & Culture Editor
Curious, context-first, and careful with cultural claims.
Pepper varieties, pantry ingredients, and the regional traditions behind spicy cooking.
- Pepper and ingredient explainers
- Spicy food culture and history
- Pantry context and regional traditions
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Tess Calder
Weeknight Recipe Editor
Practical, encouraging, and suspicious of unnecessary steps.
Weeknight dinners, useful substitutions, and simple ways to adjust the heat.
- Weeknight and beginner-friendly recipes
- Substitutions and heat-level calibration
- Bowls, noodles, tacos, and fast dinners
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Rowan Flint
Technique Editor
Method-driven, detail-minded, and interested in how heat changes as food cooks.
Grilling, slow cooking, fermentation, and the details that make a method work.
- Cooking science and pepper behavior
- Grilling, smoke, braises, and fermentation
- Longer-cook and advanced recipe projects
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Miles Hart
Reviews & Gear Editor
Skeptical, value-minded, and focused on fit instead of hype.
Hot sauce, kitchen gear, and buying advice that explains who a product is for.
- Hot sauce and pantry-product reviews
- Buying guides, gear, and comparisons
- Price, value, and best-for recommendations
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