Chef Elena Rossi
Florence-trained chef, cookbook author, and recipe creator behind the 296,580+ monthly viewer Pinterest cooking community @recipestokitchen.
From My Grandmother’s Nonna Kitchen in Florence to RecipesTo.com
If you have ever saved a gorgeous dinner photo online on a Tuesday afternoon—only to realize at 6:00 PM that the ingredient ratios don’t make sense or the sauce splits in the skillet—you are the exact reason I created RecipesTo Kitchen.
I grew up standing on a wooden step-stool in my Nonna’s Tuscan kitchen before training formally in Florence and moving to Chicago’s Fulton Market district to work in restaurant kitchens and editorial recipe testing. After ten years of writing recipes professionally, I noticed that home cooks didn’t need fussy restaurant foams; they needed dependable weeknight dinners, cozy one-pot pastas, and bakery-quality cookies using real supermarket ingredients.
How @recipestokitchen Grew Into a 296,580+ Monthly Reader Kitchen
What started as my personal recipe index on Pinterest (@recipestokitchen) quickly blossomed into a community of nearly 300,000 monthly home cooks saving our 30-minute skillet meals, slow-cooker comfort food, and weekend bakes.
Every single recipe on recipesto.com is structured the way real cooks actually use a recipe in the kitchen:
- Instant Jump & Print Buttons: One tap at the top of any article takes you straight to the structured Recipe Card or prints a clean kitchen sheet.
- 4-Part Step-by-Step Visual Breakdown: Across 4 fast-loading pages, I walk you through Why This Recipe Works Every Time, Key Ingredients & Easy Substitutions, Step-by-Step Visual Cues, and Make-Ahead & Freezer Storage.
- Interactive Ingredient Checkboxes: Check off each measured ingredient right on your phone screen while standing at the counter or grocery aisle.
Meet Our Test Kitchen Contributors
- Chef Elena Rossi (Founder & Executive Chef): Weeknight skillets, Italian-American pastas, sauces, and culinary technique.
- Marco Bellini (Artisan Bread & Pastry Baker): 30-minute dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls, cheesecakes, and holiday cookies.
- Hannah Vance, MS (Nutrition & Family Meal Prep): Slow-cooker dump meals, high-protein lunches, and nutrition analysis.
Thank you for cooking with me! Save your favorite dishes on Pinterest (@recipestokitchen) or email me anytime at [email protected].