Andi has held some impressive posts, including her current one, senior food editor of best-selling recipe magazines and cookbooks. But then, look a little deeper and, there, in the list of organizations that she's a member of is one called "Women Who Really Cook."

Andi does really cook. She's done so her entire lifetime. "I started as a toddler at my grandma's side," she says. "Now I'm teaching my grandson."

A Recipe for a Great Career

Something magical must have happened in Grandma's kitchen. Andi loved food so much she went on to get a bachelor's degree in Home Economics from the University of Minnesota.

She didn't stop there. Continuing education courses brought her spatula to spatula with some of the finest chefs in the world. "I'm passionate about cooking…and eating," she says. "In fact, I like to cook because I love to eat well."

The Doughboy Calls

After college Andi went on to work with Pillsbury, where she held a variety of positions in the company's food service group including manager of the famous Pillsbury Bake-Off.

Now Andi is a senior food editor for best-selling Betty Crocker recipe magazines and cookbooks. Her job is to develop hundreds of recipes each month – recipes that reach hundreds of thousands of consumers. "People ask me all the time what my favorite food is," she says. "Cheese. No, chocolate. No, cheese."

Back to the Basics

You can expect plenty of foods to show up in Andi's blog. Simplicity, too. Not just because she's a food editor who's keenly aware of today's need for easy, tasty family meals, but also because she really cooks.