Lauren is the recipe developer, photographer, and writer here at A Nerd Cooks. She's a 30-something wife, mom, and scientist with a passion for mixing cocktails, brewing buzzy coffee drinks, and making other delicious beverages at home.
When she first started blogging, she shared a little bit of everything like sweet treats, dinner, and drinks. Over time, she realized that she was most excited about making and sharing recipes for drinks. As a result, she now focuses solely on creating recipes for beverages.
A Nerd Cooks began in 2011 as a non-academic creative outlet and as a way for her to decompress from the stress of graduate school. While it certainly served that purpose, she discovered that she enjoyed creating recipes for and sharing them with friends, family, and folks on the Internet. The mission behind A Nerd Cooks is to help her readers feel empowered to create delicious impressive, yet approachable, beverages right in your kitchen.
She's a big believer in using fresh ingredients and making drinks and their parts from scratch whenever possible, without making things overly complicated or fussy. Related to her goal of keeping things as un-fussy and approachable as possible, the majority of the ingredients used in recipes on A Nerd Cooks will be accessible and common. In short, when browsing A Nerd Cooks, you'll find tons of really delicious, really do-able drink recipes.