Tess is the former Executive Editorial Director of Serious Eats and Digital Director of Delish. At Delish, she created, produced, and hosted ‘Iconic Eats’ and ‘Slightly Kosher,’ the site’s all-time most successful long-form video series. You can find them on YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Snapchat, and IGTV.

She’s also the author of The Best Damn Answers to Life’s Hardest Questionswhich has been featured in Seventeen (“illustrations that’ll make you feel SEEN”), Cosmo (“super-fun collection of adorably illustrated flowcharts”), and House Beautiful (“It wiped away the veneer of perfection and just got honest”), as well as one of Barnes & Nobles’ chosen “Books to Amuse and Delight.”

She’s a seasoned ASME-winning writer who has reported on everything from pop culture to politics to viral nonsense to, well, a lot of food. She’s also a longtime leader in editorial, social, and creative management, and has a proven track record of growing brands she loves in true-to-themselves and exciting ways. TL;DR: Her job is to identify what people want to read and watch and create content for them in a digestible, meaningful, fun, and funny way, etc., etc.

You can subscribe to her Substack Bite Back here and follow her YouTube series by the same name here.

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Pounds of medium-rare steak sliced and served on a platter. A dog's snout peers up at the food.
Tess and her toddler on a tractor ride.
A white bowl is filled to the brim with creamy tomato soup and chunks of golden mac & cheese.
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