Cooking Should Be Shared
Welcome to EraRecipes, a place where professional culinary knowledge meets real home cooking.
We created EraRecipes to make great food more approachable. Too often, recipes are either overly complicated or overly simplified. Our goal is to find the balance — sharing dishes that are flavorful, practical, and worth making again.
Every recipe on EraRecipes is designed to work in real kitchens with accessible ingredients and clear instructions. We believe cooking should feel empowering, not intimidating.
Food carries stories, traditions, and memories. Our mission is to bring those elements into everyday cooking while helping people become more confident in the kitchen.
Our Cooking Philosophy
At EraRecipes, everything we create follows a few core principles.
Real Recipes for Real Life
Our recipes are designed for home cooks. That means practical ingredients, clear instructions, and results you can trust.
Learn the “Why”
Understanding technique transforms cooking from guesswork into creativity. We explain not only how to cook a dish, but why certain methods work.
Respect for Ingredients
Great cooking starts with respecting ingredients, their origins, and the traditions behind them.
Food Connects People
The best meals are shared. Our goal is to create recipes that bring people together.
Who We Are
EraRecipes was founded to combine professional culinary experience with accessible recipe development.
Our team blends creative direction, recipe structure, and real kitchen expertise to build a resource cooks can rely on.
Meet the Team
Era Clakson
Founder & Creative Director
Era Clakson is the founder and creative force behind EraRecipes.
While professional chefs often think in instinct and technique, Era translates those ideas into recipes that anyone can follow.
She shapes the vision of the site — guiding the storytelling, recipe structure, and overall direction of the brand. Her role focuses on making sure every recipe is approachable, clearly written, and designed for everyday cooks.
She ensures that each dish published on EraRecipes serves real people in real kitchens.
Together with Callie, she works to bridge the gap between professional cooking knowledge and practical home cooking.
Callie Morgan
Executive Chef | Recipe Development
My name is Callie Morgan, and I’m a 33-year-old executive chef based in Portland, Oregon.
I’ve always been fascinated by how a single bite can transport you somewhere else — across cultures, memories, and time. That sense of connection is what drew me into the culinary world.
I grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, where my grandmother ran a small soul food diner off King Street. Much of my childhood was spent in that kitchen, where I learned the foundations of cooking — discipline, patience, and respect for ingredients.
We washed collard greens three times.
We made hot sauce from scratch.
We knew exactly where our food came from.
Those early lessons continue to guide how I cook today.
I later attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, where my training expanded into fermentation, butchery, and global techniques. My career took me through kitchens in Copenhagen and Tokyo, experiences that shaped my approach to flavor and technique.
Today my cooking blends modern American cuisine with global influence — somewhere between the umami depth of Japanese cooking and the bold smokiness of American barbecue.
But above all, I believe cooking should be shared and understood.
I don’t believe in secret recipes.
I believe in understanding why something works.
My career hasn’t been perfect. I’ve burned sauces before service, over-reduced a demi-glace on a review night, and once forgot to order shallots for an entire tasting menu.
Those mistakes taught me humility, resilience, and the importance of preparation.
They’re also why I teach cooking with honesty and practicality.
Our Recipe Development Process
Every recipe on EraRecipes goes through a process designed to make sure it works for readers.
- Idea and inspiration
- Recipe testing and refinement
- Technique simplification
- Real-kitchen testing
- Final adjustments and publishing
We focus on clarity, reliability, and flavor.
Because a recipe should work the first time you make it.
Our Mission
Our mission is simple:
Help people cook better food with confidence.
We want EraRecipes to become a place where home cooks can learn techniques, explore flavors, and return whenever they need inspiration.
The Future of EraRecipes
EraRecipes is growing.
While the site started with two contributors, our vision is to build a platform that welcomes more chefs, cooks, and food storytellers.
As the community expands, so will the variety of recipes, perspectives, and traditions shared here.
Cooking evolves — and so will we.
Editorial Integrity
At EraRecipes, recipes are independently developed, tested, and written by our team. We prioritize accuracy, clarity, and practical results so readers can trust every recipe published on the site.
Welcome to EraRecipes.