Do you come across any crazy home cook recipes on Epicurious?
TS: Not so much. Our database has 75,000 home cooks’ recipes (along with the 25,000 ones from Gourmet, Bon Appetit, cookbook authors and chefs). I try to look through our amateur recipes often and generally, I’m very impressed. We’re going down to Tampa to the Super Bowl where we’re going to do a Tailgating Recipe Contest cook-off to benefit Taste of the NFL (which raises money for hunger relief). I’ve been looking at all of the recipe entries for it in the last twenty-four hours and they’re very impressive. Some I don’t even believe a regular home cook could’ve made because the recipe is so sophisticated. LM: What is your definition for a home cook? TS: I guess someone who’s not professionally involved in the restaurant or food industry. LM: What about someone who went to a cooking school? TS: I wouldn’t call him or her a home cook either. For this contest, I’m looking for the talented home cook. Many of them have children. I’m always so impressed with the fact that they’re holding do