Bethany Cole

Bethany Cole is Kids & Family Cooking Editor focused on low-stress, collaborative cooking. Her scope includes age-aware steps, safety notes, and simple components that build confidence. She manages formats like sheet-pan dinners, snack preps, and adaptable sauces and coordinates with social on visuals that show safe tasks for younger helpers. Responsibilities include editorial planning, testing for timing with family schedules, and product collaboration on checklists and timers. She tracks reader saves and comments about kid approval and leftovers; external awards for the section are not listed. Earlier roles included community cooking programs and copy editing for family sections. She began in educational programming and later moved into editorial work. Her guides highlight task breakdowns, utensil choices, and reheating without extra cleanup.