On this weeks episode of Farming for Health, Dr. Amy chats with Dawn Perry. Dawn Perry is a writer and cookbook author, currently working on her first cookbook (Simon & Schuster, Spring 22). She is the former Food Director at Real Simple where she oversaw recipes and food content on all platforms. After stints in both the pastry and savory kitchens at Mike Tusks Quince restaurant, Dawn made her way back east where she worked as a private chef for several years before making her way into food media. Dawns first gig in editorial was cross-testing recipes for Martha Stewarts Cupcakes which should have won her a medal, but instead earned her a full-time position developing recipes and food styling as Associate Food Editor at the much beloved Everyday Food (RIP). She moved on to work in the test kitchen at Real Simple (her first tour) where her The Only Cake Story Youll Ever Need was nominated for an IACP award. In it, she paired 2 essential cake recipes with 27 frosting, filling, and decorating ideas for a grand total of 256,620 combinations. (Its true, they did the math.) As Senior Food Editor at Bon Apptit she developed recipes for features and regular columns and collaborated with restaurant chefs and food personalities including Naomi Pomeroy, Joshua McFadden, and Mimi Thorisson. Assuming the role of BAs first ever Digital Food Editor she wrote popular web columns, helped launch the BAs Best series, and starred in instructional videos including Test Drive and I Effed It Up. Dawn shepherded the 2014 and 2015 Food Lovers Cleanse and was instrumental in Bon Appetits landmark partnership with IBMs Chef Watson. She spoke about that experience on The Sporkful and at South by Southwest 2015. Dawn contributed to BAs James Beard award winning Cook Like a Pro package and represented the brand in television appearances including spots on The Today Show. Dawn left Bon Apptit to work with meal kit delivery service Martha & Marley Spoon, as their culinary content editor. As employee number 9 of the startup her recipes were cooked and eaten in more than 5,000 homes every week. Dawns recipes and writing have been featured on Epicurious, Tasting Table, Food & Wine and Extra Crispy, in Southern Living, Country Living and on The Lonely Hour. She has more than 17K organic Instagram followers who are especially fond of her Dinner With Dawn Instagram stories series. She is the author of Short Stacked Editions Cucumbers (Summer 2017). She lives in Brooklyn (like everybody else) with her husband and two kids.
