Denise Landis had been employed as an archaeologist for seven years before a food editor hired her to test some recipes from a cookbook manuscript. This short stint led to longer assignments, and two years later she began testing recipes for the New York Times. She has been a professional recipe tester and editor for over 25 years, is the author of a New York Times cookbook, and has written for numerous publications. She is a member of the New York Chapter of Les Dames d’ Escoffier. She founded The Cook's Cook in 2014 with a desire to bring together the worlds of professional chefs and food writers and enthusiastic home cooks at all levels of expertise.
