"I was just sort of attracted to the idea that this thing I'd loved my entire life was finally getting its due. I felt very tethered to my job and tethered to the security of a future. It's like breaking up with someone, right? It's not like you decide all at once. You have to have a creeping thought, 'OK, is this crazy?' Then you actually have to try to do it."
"In 2019, she launched 'Absolute Best Tests,' in which she set out to determine the best cooking method for specific dishes. From chicken nuggets (best shallow fried and coated in rice flour) to mayonnaise (best combined with an immersion blender and swapping in MSG for salt), she experimented like a scientist."
Ella Quittner worked on Wall Street while secretly pursuing creative writing and cooking as hobbies, drafting scripts and essays late at night. As food media gained mainstream prominence with celebrity personalities like Claire Saffitz and Molly Baz, Quittner felt drawn to combine her lifelong passion for cooking with her writing aspirations. After a deliberate decision-making process, she left her secure finance job and spent a year freelancing before joining Food52 as a writer and recipe developer. In 2019, she created 'Absolute Best Tests,' a series where she scientifically experiments to determine the optimal cooking methods for various dishes, testing techniques and ingredients with rigorous methodology.
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