Liv is a recipe tester and developer with three years of experience working in the Dotdash Meredith Food Studios. She grew up in Denver, Colorado where she struggled to breathe and bake at altitude. Liv left the Mile High City to earn a BA from Washington University in St. Louis and a Diplôme de Cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu in London. After graduation, she dabbled in restaurant-focused public relations and spent time working in professional kitchens in Denver and Atlanta before finding her way to Dotdash Meredith. When Liv is not cooking or eating for work, she can be found cooking and eating for fun with an occasional run or tennis match between meals.
Experience
Liv Dansky joined the Dotdash Meredith Food Studios in 2019. From assisting on photo sets to developing and cross-testing recipes, she has worked with every brand that passes through the Studios.
Liv discovered a love for food and writing at a young age, and pursued this passion into her college and professional years. While at Washington University in St. Louis, she worked as an Editorial Intern at Sauce, the preeminent food publication in Missouri, where she contributed pieces to the print magazine and its digital counterpart. Prior to graduation, she took a semester off during her junior year of college to earn her Diplôme de Cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu in London.
After college, Liv worked as a Junior Account Executive at a restaurant-focused public relations agency where she wrote pitches and press releases, corresponded with journalists, and attended food events and restaurant openings. She spent some time working in professional kitchens in Denver and Atlanta before she made her way to Dotdash Meredith.
She has experience testing and developing recipes that range from gluten-free chocolate cakes to Thanksgiving turkeys, and is well-versed in the daily minutiae inherent to the recipe development process. Whether she is writing an article about a new restaurant, developing a recipe, or assisting food stylists on their photo sets, Liv feels incredibly lucky to have found a job that has never felt like work.
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