About Renee Schettler

Renee Schettler

Renee Schettler Rossi is the editor in chief of Leite’s Culinaria. She has spent the past 15 years as an editor and writer at national newspapers and magazines, including The Washington Post food section, Real Simple, and Martha Stewart Living. Her work has garnered recognition from NPR, the Association of Food Journalists, and The Best American Recipes cookbook series, and she has served as a judge for the James Beard Awards. Follow on Google+.

Small baskets of perfectly ripe peaches.

How to Tell if a Peach is Perfectly Ripe

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There’s nothing quite like an exquisitely sweet and drippy peach to make life stand still for a moment. And we’ve got 5 simple tricks and tactics to ensure stone fruit superlativeness.

Renee and her brother captured in a childhood photo as discussed in 'Comfort Me With Doughnuts'.

Comfort Me With Doughnuts

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Renee Schettler explains her mom’s hunkering-down survival strategy from back in the day and how it actually had less to do with cooking and a lot more with something far simpler.

Matzohpaloozah! 100 Uses for Matzoh written across a matzoh cracker.

Matzohpaloozah

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Thanks to these 100+ inspired ideas for making matzoh more enticing, perhaps this year Passover won’t seem quite long enough.

Two classic martinis, each garnished with two green olives.

Classic Martini

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The classic martini–you know, the one sipped throughout decades past–dispenses with questions of shaken or stirred, dirty or dry. It just is what it is.

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A small Mason jar half filled with bacon jam on a wooden board with a few pieces of bread beside the jar.

Bacon Jam

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Maybe what the world needs is a single currency. Like jars of this sweet, rich, intense bacon jam that makes everything better.

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In Memoriam: Jonathan Gold

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Jonathan Gold, the only Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer, recently passed away. Renee Schettler Rossi, who edited several of his articles, remembers what made him great.

Tall glass of tinto de verano, a read wine with Sprite, and ice cubes

Tinto de Verano

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The unofficial Spanish summer sipper, tinto de verano is just as much a classic as sangria. But this one the Spanish keep all to themselves. One sip and you’ll understand why.

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