• Hi! I’m Stephie Predmore, and I’m the creator behind Stephie Cooks.

    I started this site (originally called Eat Your Heart Out) in 2011 as a way to share the recipes I was making with friends and family.

    I learned most of what I know about cooking and baking from my mom, who learned what she knew from her grandmother. Eventually I took the foundation that my mom gave me and built on it by reading voraciously about food and watching everything from The Food Network to The Great British Bake Off.

    Beyond the blog, I am also an author, writing under the combined pen name of Jules Kyle with one of my friends. We met through the wild world of social media and now write the kinds of stories we love to read: spice-filled romances with plenty of heart.

    I live in Central Illinois with my husband, daughter, and our menagerie of cats and dogs. When I’m not in my kitchen or at my computer writing, you can usually find me curled up with a book, working on an embroidery project, or puttering around in my sewing room.

    Experience

    In addition to running this site since 2011, much of my career has been focused on food and working with my fellow bloggers.

    I spent several years working in PR with a focus on food and consumer brands (including repping a well-known vanilla brand). I then transitioned to influencer marketing before eventually focusing full-time on blogging, including writing and content management for My Baking Addiction, among other clients.

    The blogging world has changed a lot since 2011, but one thing has never changed: my passion for food and connecting to my readers through tried and true recipes.

    • My favorite recipes

    Slice of pecan raisin pie on a white plate.
    Pecan Raisin Pie
    Slice of coconut cake being lifted from the whole cake.
    Coconut Cake
    Close up of baked sweet potato biscuits in a skillet.
    Sweet Potato Biscuits
    White bowl of pimento cheese.
    Homemade Pimento Cheese
    Slice of chicken pot pie on a white plate.
    Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

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