Jennifer Armentrout

Jennifer Armentrout

Editor-in-Chief, Fine Cooking Magazine

Jennifer Armentrout is the Editor-in-Chief of Fine Cooking Magazine. She’s been with the magazine for fifteen years, and prior to becoming its chief editor, held a number of other job titles there, including Test Kitchen Manager and Senior Food Editor. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, she’s also spent a few years cooking in several Washington, DC-area restaurants. Jennifer lives in Connecticut with her husband, 6-year-old son, and two rambunctious Boston Terriers.

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Jennifer's favorite cookbooks

The Joy of Cooking

The Joy of Cooking

Irma Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker

My mom gave this book to me when I left home for college and kept calling her every night to ask basic questions, like “how do I roast a chicken?” Not only does it cover those basics, it’s also got instructions for oddball tasks like how to cook a squirrel or skin a beaver tail. Not that I’ve ever needed to do either, but who knows, one of these days that knowledge might come in handy.

The Moosewood Cookbook

The Moosewood Cookbook

Mollie Katzen

This was my go-to cookbook during a brief stint as a vegetarian in college. I love the hippy vibe of the recipes, and Mollie Katzen’s charming illustrations.

Cookwise

Cookwise

Shirley Corriher

This is the first book I reach for when I need to figure out what’s going on with a recipe that’s not working. It makes food science very approachable and easy to understand for non-scientists like me.