Maggie Shi
Maggie Shi is a deputy editor at RealSimple.com, where she covers food, money, and work & life. She's never met a vegetable she didn't like and is obsessed with anything edible, which currently includes breakfast tacos, boiled peanuts, and hot lobster rolls (extra meat, lots of butter, and a toasty bun, please).



Previous roles include stints at Epicurious, the Food Network, Martha Stewart, and (oddly) MTV. She lives in New York City but fantasizes about a house on the Maine coast and hopes to fulfill her dream of going clamming someday.

Recent Posts By Maggie Shi

New Cookbooks That Make Great Holiday Gifts

December 8, 2011 | By | Comments (1)

As part of its holiday gift guide, The New York Times recently came out with a list of notable cookbooks for 2011. Lots of great books on the list, but here are a few more of my personal favorites I’m giving as gifts (to others or, um, myself) this holiday season. The Meatball Shop Cookbook, by Daniel Holzman and Michael […]

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An Easy Thanksgiving Side Dish Starring…Brussels Sprouts!

November 21, 2011 | By | Comments (10)

I’m a fan of many fall and winter vegetables. Butternut squash. Cauliflower. Parsnips. But the nearest and dearest to my heart is the lowly Brussels sprout. If you think you hate them, I strongly encourage you to give them another try. When overcooked, Brussels sprouts can turn into a mushy, stinky, skunky mess (in fact, I first had them this […]

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The Best Way to Store Apples

November 17, 2011 | By | Comments (9)

Inspired by my colleague Dawn Perry’s recent post on “awesome things everyone knew about but me,” I decided to share a little tip I just learned about apples—even though apparently, a lot of people already know about it. But I’m betting a lot of you don’t, too. I’ve always stored my apples in a bowl on my kitchen counter, just […]

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Mom’s Pumpkin Bread Recipe

October 27, 2011 | By | Comments (4)

Halloween is right around the corner, which means Thanksgiving isn’t far behind. And it’s definitely pumpkin season. So I figured it would be a good time to bake some of my mom’s crowd-pleasing pumpkin bread. Although we don’t serve a lot of traditional dishes at our Thanksgiving meal, there are two things my mom makes every single year—her sticky rice […]

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What’s Your Favorite Halloween Candy?

October 21, 2011 | By | Comments (3)

Halloween is almost here—can you guess which candy is at the top of everyone’s minds (or at least their Internet searches)? According to Yahoo!, the most-searched Halloween candy this month is M&M’s. Candy corn, chewy caramels, and Skittles are also popular searches. But what was your favorite Halloween candy when you were a kid? I remember coming home from trick-or-treating […]

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How Good Are Your Table Manners?

October 11, 2011 | By | Comments (8)

I recently received a copy of Emily Post’s Etiquette, a newly updated 18th edition (wow!), which will go on sale October 18. As I flipped through this tome, I realized that I had actually never browsed through a copy before. It’s been seven years since the last update, and I wondered what it said about today’s dining etiquette—eating in restaurants, […]

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Day 7: Simple Steak and Potatoes

September 27, 2011 | By | Comments (1)

Today’s recipe, Steak with Cognac Sauce and Salad, was prepared by Maggie Shi, deputy editor for RealSimple.com.  I chose this Steak with Cognac Sauce and Salad recipe because I had an open bottle of cognac that’s been sitting around in my apartment forever—leftovers from some other long-ago-attempted recipe, no doubt. I also don’t make steak very often—and almost never cook […]

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Bake Sale Recipes for a Good Cause

September 26, 2011 | By | Comments (4)

Looking for some bake sale inspiration or just feeling nostalgic for sweet treats from your childhood? Gretchen Holt-Witt’s Cookies for Kids’ Cancer: Best Bake Sale Cookbook is here, just in time for all those back-to-school sugar bonanzas. When I was little, I was a sucker for anything involving cheesecake. So I was always willing to plunk down a few quarters […]

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A New Way to Use Quinoa

August 19, 2011 | By | Comments (4)

Quinoa is the latest superfood trend that everyone’s buzzing about. And no wonder—this magical seed is a complete protein (it has all nine essential amino acids), cooks up quickly like a grain (it takes about 15 minutes), and is gluten-free, too. Plus, it’s easy to dress up in all kinds of ways for delicious, healthy side dishes. Quinoa is starting […]

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What’s Your Favorite Junk Food?

July 21, 2011 | By | Comments (5)

Today is National Junk Food Day, and according to Yahoo!, a lot of you are searching for things like Pringles, M&Ms, Twinkies, and Oreos—all delicious, and all totally unhealthy. But apparently, today’s the day to indulge in your favorite fatty, high-calorie, bad-for-you foods. Merriam-Webster defines “junk food” as “food that is high in calories but low in nutritional content,” which […]

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