Coming November 4, 2025
Recipe testing: English edition Naruto Shippuden: The Official Cookbook for Viz Media.
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Recipe testing and writing collaboration with Tuệ Nguyễn aka @TwayDaBae for Simon Element.
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Recipe testing: Justine Cooks: A Cookbook: Recipes (Mostly Plants) for Finding Your Way in the Kitchen with Justine Doiron for Clarkson Potter.
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Recipe testing: Filipinx: Heritage Recipes From The Diaspora, Angela Dimayuga’s debut cookbook with Ligaya Mishan for Abrams.
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Recipe development and testing: Watermelon & Red Birds with Nicole Taylor for Simon & Schuster.
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Recipe contribution: Sheet Pan Chicken Tinola with Cathy Erway for Ten Speed Press.
I am an avid cookbook collaborator! I keep a large collection of cooking equipment and pantry items to test recipes efficiently (and quickly). Read about it on Food52.
I’m open to working with chefs, restaurants, and media properties on cookbook production, co-writing, testing, cross-testing, development, and food styling.
For recipe styling, testing, & development: randwiches@gmail.com
For co-writing inquiries: David Black Agency c/o Rica Allanic, Rallannic@dblackagency.com
Coming October 8, 2025
Recipe testing: English edition Castle in the Sky: The Official Cookbook for Viz Media and Studio Ghibli.
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Recipe testing: The Four Horsemen: Food+Wine for Good Times with Nick Curtola and Gabe Ulla for Abrams.
In Development
Upcoming cookbook about steak.
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Recipe testing: Hardcover English edition Onigiri: Japanese Rice Balls Made Easy! by Ai Watanabe and Samuel Trifot for Viz Media.
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Recipe testing: A recipe from Nicole Taylor’s debut cookbook for Countryman Press.
Coming April 8, 2025
Recipe testing: English edition My Neighbor Totoro: The Official Cookbook for Viz Media and Studio Ghibli.
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Recipe development and collaboration: ISLAS with Von Diaz for Chronicle.
In Development
Upcoming cookbook about salsa.
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Recipe tested: hardcover English edtiion of One Piece: Pirate Recipes by Sanji for Viz Media.
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Recipe development and testing: The Last OG Cookbook: How to Get Mad Culinary Skills by Nicole Taylor for TBS / Houghton Mifflin-Harcourt.
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100 recipes from 8 years of cooking competitions developed, written, and styled for Page Street/MacMillan.