About Superman Cooks
Hi and welcome! We're Keith & Jackie, the team behind Superman Cooks. Keith spent 17+ years cooking professionally before transitioning to a career in food industry sales, where he worked his way up to his current role as national sales director. Jackie is a former design director for Ralph Lauren, Ann Taylor, and Isaac Mizrahi, now a fashion design professor at Kent State University. Together we've been sharing recipes since 2014. This is our passion project, built on real professional experience and a genuine love of good food.
Our story
Superman Cooks was born at the dinner table. Every time Jackie raved about something she ate, Keith would take a bite, think for a moment, and say "I can make that." And he always did. We knew we had to share that with the world.
What started as a way to document our cooking has grown into a food brand known for restaurant quality recipes, honest technique, and colorful design-forward photography. Keith cooks, Jackie shoots, and we style everything together.
Meet Keith
Keith's culinary career spans more than two decades in professional kitchens, from short order cooking to fine dining restaurants and hotel kitchens. That experience is the foundation for every recipe on this site. He understands ingredients, technique, and the food supply chain in a way that most home cooks and food bloggers don't. And every recipe here has been developed, tested, and refined with that knowledge behind it.
Today, Keith works in food industry sales, where he has built a career working with the brands and distributors that supply restaurants across the country. Food has never just been a hobby for him. It has been his profession from every angle.
He believes cilantro is quite possibly the perfect herb, that a good cut of meat (well-prepared) could solve most world problems, and that no meal is complete without potatoes.
Meet Jackie
Jackie holds a BA in Fashion Design and spent 25+ years as a knitwear designer in New York, serving as Design Director for Ralph Lauren, Ann Taylor, and Isaac Mizrahi. She now teaches fashion design at Kent State University and runs Superman Cooks as her creative side project.
Jackie handles all the photography, editorial direction, and content strategy for the brand. Her background in design is not incidental to the food photography. It's the foundation of it. The eye she developed over 25 years in fashion is the same eye behind every image on this site.
She has a weakness for Korean barbecue, lives for a cup of strong black coffee, and has never met a cheese she did not like.
🍅 What you can expect
- Restaurant quality recipes for real home cooks. Keith's professional background means every recipe is built on real technique, simplified for the home kitchen without losing what makes it good.
- A balance of indulgent and everyday. We don't believe in going without carbs, cheese or cocktails. But we have plenty of lighter options too.
- No gimmicky ingredients or equipment. Most recipes use pantry staples. We don't own a fancy blender or an Instant Pot.
- Honest opinions and real technique. We only work with brands we actually use and would serve to our own family.
Featured work
Our work has been featured in Elle Magazine, Wine 365, EmpressGin.com, Brit & Co and Huffington Post, among others.
We partner with national food and beverage brands like Bob's Red Mill, Caymus Vineyards, Chairman's Reserve Meats, Empress 1908 Gin and Mezzetta (just to name a few) to create product specific recipes, wine pairings, and inspired cocktails. We also work with brands to do exclusive product and lifestyle photography for social media and websites.
FAQ
Jackie has always felt that Keith's dark features and strong jaw resembled Clark Kent. "Superman" became a pet name for Keith, also a nod to his ability to do anything he set his mind to. When we started the blog in 2014, "my superman can cook" felt like the perfect fit. It stuck.
Keith's 17+ years of professional kitchen experience is the foundation of every recipe on this site. He has cooked in fine dining restaurants and hotel kitchens, and now works in the food industry as a national sales director. That professional perspective shows up in the technique, the ingredient choices, and the reasoning behind every recipe. Jackie's design background shapes how everything looks. Together we bring a level of professional experience to this blog that most food content doesn't have.
Most of our recipes are intentionally uncomplicated. If you're finding your way around the kitchen, start with our Easy Homemade Meatballs, Pasta Pomodoro, Smash Burgers, or Tuna Patties. All are fan favorites ready in 30 minutes.
We have lots of vegetarian options. Black Bean Quesadillas, Meatless Mushroom Ragù, and Brussels Sprouts Flatbread Pizza are some of our favorites. We offer vegan alternatives within some posts as well.
📩 Let's stay connected
Drop us a note here and let us know what you're hungry for. And if you like what we do, join our community by subscribing to our newsletter and following along on social media.