Danielle Strain
Director of Culinary Production, Digital
What do you do on a daily basis?
I think about producing awesome digital food videos that will capture viewers all day, everyday!
Who is your culinary icon?
Lidia Bastianich, Jamie Oliver, Jose Garces and Michael Symon
Who is your favorite food TV personality, past or present?
Julia Child, Alton Brown and Guy Fieri
What’s your favorite cookbook?
Michael Symon's Live to Cook
What dish or ingredient will we never catch you eating?
Tripe
What’s your favorite condiment?
Mustard, salsa verde and hot sauce
What’s the first dish you learned to make?
Mac and cheese
Sweet tooth, salt tooth or both?
Both
What kitchen tool can’t you live without?
My flat wooden spoon and a microplane
What music do you like to listen to in the kitchen?
Anything that makes me sing and dance (alternative, oldies, rock, etc.)
What’s your favorite food scene from a movie?
The lickable wallpaper in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ("the snozzberries taste like snozzberries!") and the food fight in Hook.
What’s your favorite alcoholic beverage?
Wine (red, white and rose)
If you weren’t in food, what career would you have liked to have tried?
Florist
What’s your favorite “food city” to visit?
Portland, Oregon