about

Lori Lange (aka “RecipeGirl”) left the elementary school classroom in 2005 to start RecipeGirl.com, which houses over 2,500 original and adapted recipes. Lori now spends her days developing recipes and photographing food and writing for companies, websites and publications, such as Pepperidge Farm, Kraft, Sam’s Club, Betty Crocker, Tabasco, Pacific Natural Foods, Sunkist and Nickelodeon, as well as creating original recipes and themed menus to add to RecipeGirl.com. She is a recipe & video contributor to the online cooking series, Good Bite, and she has contributed to the cookbooks Junior League of San Diego: California Sol Food, Blog Aid for Haiti, and GoodBite Weeknight Meals- Delicious Made Easy. Her work has also been featured on Saveur’s Best of the Web, LA Times and Glamour. In 2011, she was a featured speaker at Camp Blogaway, BlogHerFood, and TechMunch Boston.  Lori was a judge alongside Paula Deen in the Real Women of Philadelphia Cream Cheese Cook Off in Savannah, GA in 2010. She creates and delivers recipes that inspire novices and veterans alike and thinks cooking should be easy and fun. Lori cooks from her kitchen in Southern California, where she lives with her husband and son- and she is at work on her first cookbook:  The Recipe Girl Cookbook, which will be published by Wiley in Spring 2013.

For PR: If you’re inquiring about a partnership with RecipeGirl and a brand, or if you’re inquiring about the possibility of RecipeGirl attending an event sponsored by a brand, please contact Lori Lange via email to inquire: foodie {at} recipegirl {dot} com.  See the WORK WITH ME page for more information.

How is RecipeGirl.com different than other recipe sites?
Only RecipeGirl enters the recipes (her favorites.) Users aren’t allowed to submit recipes on their own (sorry), but you certainly can email Lori to tell her about something fabulous that you think she should know about. So you won’t find 25 apple pie recipes and 18 versions of chicken parmesan… Just the best ones (as viewed by RecipeGirl and her Readers) are posted.

Where do the recipes come from?
Recipes on the site are either original (created by Lori), family recipes,  or have been adapted from magazines, cookbooks, newspapers, and blogs.

Would you say that the recipes are on the more gourmet/complicated side?
No. Basic knowledge about cooking and ingredients is helpful, but other than that, Lori has had no culinary schooling and you shouldn’t need any either to prepare the recipes on the site.

Who takes the photographs on the site, and what type of equipment is used?
RecipeGirl is the chief food photographer and food stylist. The camera of the moment is a Canon EOS 40D.

Can I advertise on the site?
Not at this time, unless you’ve got an offer that’s tough to refuse. Text links are not considered & link exchanges are out of the question.

Can I send RecipeGirl a cookbook or food product to highlight and review on the site?
Sometimes, but it’s not typically something that is done on the site. Products and cookbooks will only be featured if RG feels like it’s something that the RecipeGirl readers will enjoy reading about.

Will RecipeGirl do Product Giveaways?
Possibly…  if the giveaway is something she thinks her readers would be excited about- a big ticket item or something really cool that RG feels good about standing behind, she’ll consider doing a giveaway. Contact to inquire foodie {at} recipegirl {dot} com.

I’d like to post RecipeGirl’s recipes on my own blog- is that okay?
Please don’t do that.  It takes hours upon hours to create content for a blog.  If it’s cut/pasted and placed on your site, you may think you’re paying a compliment but really you’re just violating copyright laws.  Here’s a solution:  It’s okay to post a photograph from the RecipeGirl site (or any other food blog), write about your experience with that recipe, and then just post a link directing your readers to the original recipe on the RecipeGirl site.  Follow that proper protocol in the food blog world, and then you won’t ruffle anyone’s feathers.

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