Of all the subjects I've covered as a journalist, none is more unsexy—or more important—than the 2014 Farm Bill. Wait: Before your eyes glaze over, hear me out. The 2014 Farm Bill (which should have actually been the 2012 Farm Bill, but ...
Late last year, the team at San Francisco's supertalented Hybrid Design called with an assignment: Would I be interested in interviewing Sibella Kraus for one of their client projects? Um, yeah. Sibella Kraus is the matriarch of our modern farmers' market system, ...
Don't you just hate talking about yourself? Earlier this year, I had occasion to give a talk about my career and my work to a group of retirees as part of a senior-learning program sponsored by Miami University. I focused my ...
I was thrilled to get a note today from my publisher, Michael Turback of Farm Fresh Books, with feedback on my manuscript for "The Findlay Market Cookbook." I am delighted to report that editing has been completed, and your manuscript is ...
Today's the day: THE BIG DEADLINE. I'm so excited to hit 'Send' on the manuscript for "The Findlay Market Cookbook" that I have butterflies in my belly! Can't wait to see this thing in print come October.
Well, it’s done. On July 1, I turned in the manuscript for “The Findlay Market Cookbook.” It’s a whopper: 54,000 words, about 220 pages, full of 70+ interviews with local farmers and food entrepreneurs and about 125 recipes. The biggest project ...
Can we talk about the Marathon Project? You know the one: It encompasses a lot of work over a lengthy period, perhaps 6 months or more. It has a lot of moving parts. It’s tricky to plan and schedule. It requires ...
I love those situations when doing great work for one client leads to doing great work for another ... As I was developing online content for a new portfolio website for my super-talented client Evi Abeler, she connected me with designer ...
In December, I submitted my writing for Edible Ohio Valley to the Bert Greene Awards for food journalism sponsored by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. It was kind of a lark, but I figured, "Why not?" This week, the IACP ...
If there's one thing I miss most about working in an office with a team, it's the buzz of kicking ideas around with a few colleagues. Those spontaneous hallway conversations: "What would happen if we ...?" "What if ...?" For those ...