Kalea Martin
School
Mount Holyoke College
Expertise
TikTok Food Trends, Baking Science, Filipino And Italian Cuisine
- Growing up on a steady diet of afritada, pandesal, and mangoes with bagoong, Kalea has always had a passion for food and has shared her expertise in over 1,000 articles published across a variety of nationally distributed outlets.
- Her work has been featured on Betty Crocker and Shamrock Farms products, and in 2022 it earned her a nomination for Bake From Scratch Magazine's The Greatest Baker.
- Since 2020, Kalea has been developing recipes for the blog "Fiction in the Kitchen" — which in 2023 became a cooking webseries on Tastemade.
Experience
Kalea Martín began her writing career at LUXOS Magazine in Milan, Italy, where she covered international food and travel. When she moved back to the US, Kalea worked part time at HarperCollins Publishers' marketing department and at a Manhattan bakery until she found a more permanent home at POPSUGAR, writing everything from Starbucks drink reviews to fitness tips. Though all of Kalea's published content falls under the lifestyle category, the majority of it highlights the latest food and cooking trends and appears primarily on Tasting Table, Mashed, and Daily Meal. You can also find more of her writing in Better Homes & Gardens, Martha Stewart Living, and People.
Education
Kalea holds a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Holyoke College, where she majored in Romance Languages/Literature and Studio Art. As part of her undergraduate education, Kalea studied Italian culture and cuisine while working and living in Milan and Venice.
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Stories By Kalea Martin
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The trick to the fluffiest pancakes is actually in your liquor cabinet or chilling in your fridge. For impossibly light pancakes, grab some Champagne.
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If you listen to TikTok then you might believe that you should be cleaning all of your wooden spoons in boiling water, but that's actually a horrible idea.
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Making chicken nuggets at home is easier than you might think, but to get the best (most flavorful) results, you need to use the right cut of meat.
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Edible glitter looks and functions a lot like craft glitter, but its made of completely different ingredients, which is a good thing since you plan to eat it.
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While you're probably accustomed to only adding slices of bread to your toaster, you can actually use the appliance to make a quesadilla too.
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Mojitos are classic cocktail that are pretty easy to pull off, but there's one mojito mistake that you don't even realize your making.
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If you've been caramelizing onion in about 15 minutes then you've probably not been caramelizing onions at all. The process takes a lot longer than you think.
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Pepsi recently replaced Sierra Mist with a new lemon-lime soda called Starry. The product's are similar but there's more than just a name change going on here.
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If you can't part with the convenience of boxed brownies but want them to taste more homemade, ignore everything the instructions say about eggs.
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Entertainment
By Kalea Martin
Everybody is entitled to be a picky eater sometimes, and the Pioneer Woman is no exception. She's been very vocal about her distaste for a common fruit.
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A potato that's turned green isn't nearly as dangerous to eat as one that's mushy, has black spots, or extra growths, however, it's still best to avoid them.
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It's hard to pass up gelato especially on a hot summer day. The cold, creamy dessert is always delicious, but do you know how to spot high-quality gelato?
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Borgs (those personal gallon-sized jugs of diluted alcohol) first appeared on the college drinking scene in 2020. Soon after their popularity skyrocketed.
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Do you know what all those date labels on your food mean? Best-by, sell-by, use-by, and freeze-by are so similar, but they all mean different things.
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Entertainment
By Kalea Martin
Through her cookbooks and TV shows, Giada De Laurentiis has utilized all types of ingredients, but there are 2 foods you'll never find in her kitchen.
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By Kalea Martin
Although Julia Child was known to advocate for making her own homemade ingredients like dressings and sauces, she preferred using this classic mayo brand.
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By Kalea Martin
Despite eating food that most of us could only dream of Martha Stewart is no food snob. Still there's one ingredient she simply won't use.
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By Kalea Martin
It's certainly unconventional, but Martha Stewart's unique trick involving two knives is meant to get your prep work done extra fast.
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By Kalea Martin
Guy Fieri isn't known for hosting fancy dinner parties, but he does know how to feed a large gathering while keeping things exciting.
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Entertainment
By Kalea Martin
Guy Fieri and his mom don't always agree when it comes to food since they have very different palates. But he always abides by her tip for making granola.
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Trader Joe's employees are so friendly and chatty, that some people have started to wonder if the chain actually trains its employees to flirt with customers.
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It's only natural for cakes to dry out over time. To prevent this in chocolate cakes, you can add a secret ingredient to the batter.
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How does fried ice cream manage to maintain its integrity despite being dipped in hot oil, especially considering ice cream is so sensitive to heat?
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Imagine this: while you were straining your pasta, you forgot to set aside some of that starchy water to bring your sauce together later. So what do you do now?
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You can make a solid tomato sauce only using pureed tomatoes and a few aromatics. For an absolutely delicious tomato sauce, add fish sauce.
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Many people assume that to stop burgers from forming a dome while cooking you have to keep pressing them onto the grill, but there's actually a better way.
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If you've ever tried to heat up a dry aged cheese, you know it's almost impossible to make it melt well, but there's a salty ingredient that changes everything.