Gabriela Garcia Title: Editor Location: Chicago, IL Gabriela Garcia is an editor at Food & Wine, where she helps readers discover kitchen essentials and culinary products that are truly worth the investment. She's a personal chef to her two children and considers Ina Garten a personal hero; she brings real-world kitchen experience to her product testing. With an eye for testing, she puts everything from must-have cookware and innovative appliances to trending ingredients and dining accessories through their paces. Whether it's the latest stand mixer, a game-changing knife set, or specialty pantry staples promising to elevate your cooking, nothing earns Gabriela's approval without thorough testing. Her mission: ensuring home cooks shop smarter, not harder, for products that will genuinely enhance their time in the kitchen.Highlights:Her work has appeared in Glamour, Parade, Fashionista, The Everygirl, Remezcla, and morePreviously served as Senior Commerce Editor at Well+Good and Senior Beauty Editor at EditorialistWhen not testing kitchen gadgets, she's the friend everyone texts for advice on everything from pantry staples to the perfect dinner party essentialsHer go-to weeknight dinner philosophy: if Ina Garten wouldn't approve, it's not happening in her kitchen Experience Gabriela loves to cook and makes dinner for her family every night. She learned how to cook from her father, and her specialty is Mexican cuisine.Favorite Purchase:My favorite purchase is my KitchenAid mixer, which I've had for over 15 years. It was worth every cent and has lasted me so long! I use the pasta attachment to make pasta for my family each week. I also make bread, pizza dough, ice cream, and butter with the mixer. It truly is my favorite appliance! Education Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Southern California About Food & Wine Food & Wine, a People Inc. Brand, is an award-winning online resource for anyone passionate about the culinary world. With rigorously tested recipes and the most trusted restaurant, drinks, culinary travel and home coverage, we inspire and empower people everywhere to discover, create, and devour the best in food and wine. Learn more about us and our editorial process.