Two-Day Recipe Development Bootcamp and Retreat: Western MA, Jan 2025

In this Bootcamp, we put participants through the Milk Street development process, condensed into two virtual sessions and one packed weekend. The first virtual session focused on real recipe development stories—and mistakes—to illustrate our method.

The in-person time centered on one assignment: Design a recipe from scratch. Participants researched, planned, organized and cooked their recipes, then went through the same evaluation process that we use in our own development kitchen. After revisions and testing, they drafted a proper recipe. Along the way, they tasted each other’s work and met privately with Wes or Rosie for guidance and feedback.

After the in-person weekend, participants had two weeks to polish their recipes into written form, a process that included feedback from members of Milk Street's editorial team. A final virtual session to review the recipes—and help make plans for future recipe development projects—capped off the experience.