Meet the Team
Katie
Katie Webster studied art and photography at Skidmore college and is a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute. She has been a professional recipe developer since 2001 when she first started working in the test kitchen at EatingWell magazine. Her recipes have been featured in numerous magazines including Shape, Fitness, Parents and several Edible Communities publications. You can see a complete list of her published works here. Her cookbook, Maple {Quirk Books} was published in 2015. She launched Healthy Seasonal Recipes in 2009. She lives in Vermont with her husband, two teenage daughters and two yellow labs. In her free time, you can find her at the gym, cooking, stacking fire wood, making maple syrup and tending to her overgrown perennial garden. Read more about Katie and the mission of Healthy Seasonal Recipes here.
Stephanie
Stephanie Olson is a Vermont based food stylist and recipe developer. Before moving to New England she worked in television production and advertising in Los Angeles. After the birth of her second daughter the family relocated to Connecticut where she attended culinary school. Stephanie has worked as a pastry chef, caterer, recipe tester and ran a home-baking business. She lives with her husband and four rescue pups and has two daughters in college.
Lauren
Lauren Grant-Vose is a trained Culinary Food Scientist and Journalist, food writer and photographer. She is the founder of Zestful Kitchen, a healthy-ish food and recipe website devoted to sharing wholesome recipes and useful cooking tips. Lauren has worked for a variety of food magazines and in numerous test kitchens including America’s Test Kitchen, Cuisine at Home, Allrecipes Magazine, Bake from Scratch, Taste of Home, Better Homes and Gardens and more.
Nicole
Born in Brazil and raised in Chicago, Nicole Triebe’s passion for food began during her early teens when she would frequently help her mom in the kitchen. Great memories of her family gathering around her mom’s delicious and healthy home cooked meals were what prompted her to pursue her craft. After graduating from culinary school at the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, she worked in a small restaurant in the Chicagoland area. Eventually she started Windy City Dinner Fairy where she focuses on easy dinner recipes, cooking techniques to make you look like a pro, culinary inspiration and tips to help you entertain beautifully!
