Adam Dolge

Adam Dolge is an award-winning journalist, freelance food writer and recipe developer. He is the author and photographer for the blog The Real Recipes, where he shares recipes inspired by his experience working for food magazines and professional test kitchens. His work has appeared in Food & Wine, EatingWell, Real Simple, Southern Living, Cooking Light, Fine Cooking, The Cook's Cook and several newspapers and websites.

Adam graduated with honors from the Culinary Institute of America, where he interned and later freelanced for Fine Cooking. After graduating, he moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he tested and developed recipes in the Time Inc. Food Studios. He then moved to Vermont and served as a lead recipe developer for EatingWell Magazine and later as test kitchen manager for the Vermont Food Studio.

When not in the kitchen, Adam is reading, writing, playing music, working in the garden, hiking or skiing with his wife and children. Most often, though, he's cooking with his 2 young daughters in their home in Vermont.