Jessica Gavin: Contributing Writer for Simply Recipes

Location: Southern California

Education: Master’s Degree in Agriculture from California Polytechnic State University, Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science from California Polytechnic State University, Associate’s Degree in Culinary Arts from The Art Institute

Expertise: Food science, Culinary science

Certified Culinary Scientist (7+years)
Certified Food Scientist (7+years)
Senior Nutrition Formulation Research Scientist (12+years)
Professional recipe developer and food blogger (8+year)

Experience

Jessica is a Certified Culinary Scientist and Certified Food Scientist with a passion for inspiring home cooks to embrace the science behind cooking. She is the author of Easy Culinary Science For Better Cooking (2018) and develops recipes, guides, culinary science, and nutrition articles for her website JessicaGavin.com.

Jessica has been a recipe contributor to Simply Recipes since 2018, and published journal articles and book chapters on the topic of cheese technology in 2007.

Best cooking advice: "Stay curious in the kitchen and hungry to learn!"

About Simply Recipes

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