Contributors Look Who Helped Us Make Our Magazine

Mei Tao

Photographer

Check out Mei’s photos on pages 36 and 44.

What surprised you the most in this issue?

I am such a blush girl, so I loved learning a new way to apply it (page 44).

Alternative career choice: No plan B—this had to happen!

Lizzy Briskin

FOOD EDITOR

Lizzy created the delicious (and easy!) Thanksgiving recipes on page 86.

What’s your favorite trick from this issue?

Skip the full bird and go all in on turkey legs for Thanksgiving. I’m Team Dark Meat all the way!

Ideal weekend plans: A morning run, followed quickly by a croissant that leaves me covered in crumbs. That’s how you know it’s good!

Where’s your happy place? My family’s home in southern Vermont. Best trip you ever took: Sri Lanka has an amazing combo of beaches, mountains, and plains where elephants roam.

What’s your go-to recipe? Caramelized onions for anything and everything.

Michelle Buteau

Modern Manners Columnist

Our new etiquette expert dishes out advice on page 78.

What is your worst fear? Being stuck in a coffin alive. I mean, what?

Describe the perfect sandwich. Ciabatta with Cracked Pepper Mill turkey, muenster cheese, jalapeños, tomato, teeny-tiny bit of Grey Poupon, mayo, and a little arugula. I’m as specific with this sandwich as Mike “The Situation” is with his hair.

The one item you can’t live without:

Hate to sound like a woman in her 40s, but floss! What! I don’t know what I’d do without you.

Everyday uniform: Black tee and comfy jeans. Duh!

Leslie Corona

SENIOR HOME EDITOR

Favorite tradition: Wearing red during Chinese New Year.

Who inspires you? My daughter. She’s smart and curious.

What’s your personal motto? Always be kind.

Leslie shares tips on cleaning kitchen appliances on page 70.

What are you most excited to buy from this issue? The pretty drinking glasses on page 20.

Childhood celebrity crush: Joseph Gordon-Levitt when he was on 3rd Rock from the Sun

Favorite plant:

Jade plants. Those things are indestructible and will survive the apocalypse. Along with Cher.