Laurel Randolph

Laurel Randolph
Title: Editor
Business: Laurel Randolph
Location: Los Angeles, California
Education: Emerson College
Expertise: Healthy cooking, Quick and weeknight meals, Instant Pot, Baking
  • Recipe developer and food writer for over 10 years
  • Written for The Spruce Eats, Food52, Los Angeles Magazine, EatingWell, Eaten Magazine, Serious Eats, Insider, Paste Magazine, and more
  • Author of four cookbooks, including the bestseller The Instant Pot Electric Cookbook and The Unofficial Simpsons Cookbook

Experience

Laurel has been a recipe developer and food writer for over 10 years. She has written for The Spruce Eats, Food52, Los Angeles Magazine, EatingWell, Eaten Magazine, Serious Eats, Insider, Paste Magazine, and more. She is the author of four cookbooks, including the bestseller The Instant Pot Electric Cookbook and The Unofficial Simpsons Cookbook. She began writing for Simply Recipes in early 2021.

Favorite spice: "Since I love making Indian and Tex-Mex food, my favorite spice in the cupboard is cumin (although it's hard to pick!)."

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Read More from Laurel Randolph

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Baked potato topped with sour cream, pepper, and chives
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Bowl of good luck soup
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A festive dinner table set with wine glasses and plates with a Christmas tree in the background
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Smash sugar cookies on a plate
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Bowl of nutella puppy chow next to a smaller bowl with more on a counter with some pieces of puppy chow scattered around
This Italian Take on Puppy Chow Is for Chocolate Lovers
12 mins
Sausage balls in a bowl at a table with glasses of wine and some table napkins
My Grandmother's Retro 3-Ingredient Appetizer Is a Family Favorite
Sweet and spicy chex mix in a bowl at a table setting with two glasses of beer and a yellow kitchen towel
The 2-Ingredient Upgrade for Truly Memorable Chex Mix
60 mins
Peach Crumb Bars
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Bowlful of assassin's spaghetti at a table setting with more in a bowl, a glass of water, utensils, and light blue kitchen towel
Assassin’s Spaghetti Is a Pasta You Burn on Purpose
25 mins
Hot honey cornbread (Jalapeño Honey Cornbread) sliced in a cast iron skillet with one slice topped with hot honey butter
This Sweet and Spicy Cornbread Is Better Than My Southern Grandma's
32 mins