We eat in our cars, at our desks, on the go, in front of the TV. We eat drive-through, take-out, delivered, packaged and prepared meals. We need to slow … down. Consumer trends around the globe show that over the past three ...
As a writer who covers food and cooking, I'm always scouting other food websites, chatting with local farmers, interviewing chefs and producers, and generally scoping out the food scene. Like design (the other much-loved subject of my freelance writing career), ...
My food and recipe blog, writes4food.com, began as a creative outlet and has become a sort of second (or third or fourth) job. During 2012, I added 140+ posts, most of them recipes, many of them part of The Clara ...
With Thanksgiving Day in our rear-view mirror, the subject of gratitude still feels relevant. We typically think of gratitude in a personal sense—as in, feeling thankful for our health and our family. For a moment, let’s turn that gratitude toward ...
As an independent creative professional, I share a conundrum with many of my peers: How to lend my creative writing services to causes that I support in a way that's valuable to them and sustainable for me. I explored the subject ...
You remember “pink slime,” right? Earlier this year, this PR fiasco in the food industry revealed a huge communication challenge (or, let’s call it an opportunity) for both brands and consumers. And the lesson goes beyond the food industry. (A refresher: ...
One of the biggest (and most difficult) lessons I've learned in my first year and change as the owner of a small creative business is the value of patience. I don't have much of it, frankly. But I need more of ...
After multiple attempts to get my foot in the door at Cincinnati Magazine (full confession: those attempts date back to my arrival in Cincinnati more than 20 years ago as a newlywed looking for her first big-girl job in journalism), ...
File under: Why the hell did I not do this myself? In 2009, three sisters from Cincinnati secured the local franchise from Edible Communities Publications, and Edible Ohio Valley magazine was born. I happened upon a copy at our local farmers' market not long after ...
I love collaborating with my editors at SparkPeople.com and SparkRecipes.com, and here's why: Their goal, like mine, is to help people who perhaps don't love to cook learn to prepare healthy food for themselves and their families. My work with ...