Emily Tyra

23 years of professional experience in food, including eight years as a Taste of Home editor
Former food writer for Penzeys Spices
Former food and wine editor for Traverse magazine

Experience

Emily is the former editor of Taste of Home magazine. She helmed the brand for eight years, sharing the best seasonal recipe with home cooks. Emily loves connecting with people through food and has been writing and editing food and lifestyle content for more than two decades. She is a former food writer for Penzeys Spices and food and wine editor for Traverse magazine, and is now a brand manager for American Spoon, a family-owned preserves company.

Education

Albion College, bachelor's degree in English language and literature

Taste of Home Editorial Policies

Taste of Home, a Trusted Media Brand, has been a reliable source for recipes, cooking tips and entertaining advice for more than 30 years. Every month, our content inspires well over 20 million home cooks to get creative in the kitchen. Each one of our 40 thousand recipes has gone through a rigorous testing and approval process to ensure we’re sharing the very best. Every snack, ingredient and product we recommend is tested by our team of culinary experts and professional product testers—the best of the best earn our Test Kitchen-Preferred seal of approval. Learn more about Taste of Home and our Test Kitchen and editorial teams.

Articles & Recipes

Best Home Cooks: Liz Harris

Her family’s fourth-generation farm in New England beckoned this Best Home Cook to return home to grow, cook and create with the seasons.

julia child's provençale tomato sauce with mastering the art of french cooking

26 Must-Make Recipes Inspired by Julia Child

These recipes will inspire the Julia Child in all of us. As Julia herself said...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing. What are you waiting for?!

28 Blue-Ribbon Recipes Ready to Win Your Heart

These classic recipes took home the coveted blue ribbon at fairs across the country. Make these blue-ribbon recipes for cookies, cake, pie (and even a big burrito) and you, too, will feel the victory.