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Lindsay Parrill

Lindsay Parrill

location-pin Coos Bay, Oregon

School: California Culinary Academy, Le Cordon Bleu San Francisco

Expertise: Food News, Beer & Wine, Baking, Recipe Development

Lindsay Parrill

  • More than 15 years of professional culinary and writing experience
  • Former restaurant reviewer, food stylist and recipe developer for The San Francisco Chronicle
  • Former food and lifestyle contributor for Food & Wine and The Manual
  • Expertise in culinary trends, wine pairings, recipe development and home cooking inspiration

Experience

Lindsay is the Trends Writer at Taste of Home, where she keeps her finger on the pulse of what's hot in the culinary world—from viral TikTok bakes to celebrity chef launches and the next pantry staple everyone will be talking about. She brings a chef's perspective and a writer's curiosity to every story, helping home cooks stay inspired, informed and ahead of the curve.

Before joining Taste of Home, Lindsay wrote restaurant reviews and developed recipes for The San Francisco Chronicle. She has also written for publications like The Manual and Food & Wine, covering everything from cocktail trends to kitchen essentials.

A graduate of the California Culinary Academy, Le Cordon Bleu San Francisco, Lindsay combines her classical training with a lifelong love of storytelling. Her work celebrates food as both craft and connection, whether she's chasing the latest viral flavor or spotlighting timeless techniques home cooks can master.

Education

California Culinary Academy, Le Cordon Bleu San Francisco, degree in Culinary Arts with a minor in Baking and Patisserie

Taste of Home Editorial Policies

Taste of Home, a Trusted Media Brand, has been a reliable source for recipes, cooking tips and entertaining advice for more than 30 years. Every month, our content inspires well over 20 million home cooks to get creative in the kitchen. Each one of our 40 thousand recipes has gone through a rigorous testing and approval process to ensure we’re sharing the very best. Every snack, ingredient and product we recommend is tested by our team of culinary experts and professional product testers—the best of the best earn our Test Kitchen-Preferred seal of approval. Learn more about Taste of Home and our Test Kitchen and editorial teams.

Articles & Recipes

Reindeer Cookies

25 Days of Christmas: What to Eat with All Your Favorite Christmas Movies

From nostalgic classics to modern favorites, these Christmas movie recipe pairings will bring extra warmth to your holiday viewing.
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I Tried Cranberry Spaghetti, and I’m Still Processing the Flavor Mashup

Cranberry spaghetti is the internet's latest pasta experiment, blending classic meat sauce with a can of cranberry sauce. I made this sweet-meets-savory mashup to see whether it's worth trying.
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I Tried Martha Stewart’s Favorite Comfort Food—and Yes, It’s a Labor of Love

I made Martha Stewart's all-time favorite comfort food—pierogi—to find out whether the time spent (and dishes dirtied) are worth it.