Professional/Personal Overview
Mushroom hunting in Yunnan Province, menudo in El Paso, the uncanny photographs of Hans Bellmer: Have a look at my clips, and you'll see what I've written on these and a few dozen other topics. I'm an experienced reporter, writer, editor, and project manager, having worked in publishing (magazine, book, digital) since the early 1990s. My primary subject areas are food, travel, arts, media, and cultural history. I also have two master's degrees--one in English (criticism and theory), another in media studies--so my clients have ranged from consumer magazines to scholarly publications. I've done a fair amount of editing and writing for arts foundations, too. An amenable and enthusiastic collaborator, I'm particularly good at helping clients to articulate precisely what it is that they want. At present I'm seeking both editing and writing assignments. I'm an experienced recipe developer and editor, as well, and am eager to take on cookbook projects.
Work Info
Expertise
Editor
19 Years
Reporter
14 Years
Writer
14 Years
Specialty
Food
8 Years
Lifestyle
14 Years
Arts & Humanities
16 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
19 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Saveur (11+), Gourmet (11+), Museums Magazines (11+), Creative Capital Channel (6-10), Forbes (6-10)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Creative Capital Foundation (6-10), Addison Wesley Longman (3-5), Oxford University Press (1-2), Routledge (1-2)
Other Work History
Deputy Editor, Saveur; Research Editor, Gourmet; Senior Editor, Museums Magazines; Production Associate, Onyx Films/Multimedia; Editorial Assistant, Byron Preiss Visual Publications
Computer Skills
Proficient in: Word, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop, Excel, other programs; Experience with: HTML
Technical Skills
Recipe developing/testing
Equipment
laptop, audio recorder (with telephone hookup), fax, scanner, digital camera, access to various databases (including Lexis-Nexis) and software programs
Foreign Language Skills
Conversational French & Spanish
References
Missy Sullivan, Senior Editor, SmartMoney (Wall Street Journal), missysullivan@gmail.com; Susan Delson, Former Managing Editor, ForbesLife Division (Forbes, Inc.), sdelson@earthlink.net
Associations
AvantGuild
Other
I'm currently seeking freelance work and am open to working in a number of areas. I have two master's degrees--one in English (criticism and theory), another in media studies and journalism--so I am capable of handling assignments for scholarly publications or organizations. In fact, I recently completed several assignments for THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TELEVISION, Ed. Horace Newcomb (Routledge), and THE OXFORD COMPANION TO FOOD AND DRINK IN AMERICA, Ed. Andrew Smith (Oxford U. Press).
Freelancer Availability
I occasionally freelance. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Media/Arts
(Museums New York , 3/1/2001)
A retrospective of German artist Hans Bellmer's photographs and works on paper
(Museums New York , 1/1/2001)
Andy Warhol's photographs of the '60s, '70s, and '80s, and the ways in which photography figured into his works in other media
(Museums New York )
Groundbreaking fashion designer Bonnie Cashin
Food/Travel
(Saveur , 8/1/2012)
A profile of Diana Kennedy, the British cook and author who knows as much about Mexican cooking as anyone on the planet
(Saveur , 8/1/2012)
Fiesta time in Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec
(Saveur , 4/1/2012)
Making nahm prik noom with Thai chef Saipin Chutima, at Las Vegas's Lotus of Siam
(Saveur , 4/1/2012)
A kitchen poised to please the gambling elite at Las Vegas's MGM Grand
(Saveur , 10/1/2011)
Pork pies and proper roast dinners in a remote corner of Lincolnshire, England
(Saveur , 8/1/2011)
Mushroom hunting and mushroom-based cuisine in China's Yunnan Province
(Saveur , 6/1/2011)
Bibimbap, Korea's national dish, is colorful, refreshing, and infinitely varied
(Saveur , 4/1/2011)
(Saveur , 4/1/2011)
The enduring appeal of peanut butter sandwiches
(Saveur , 12/1/2010)
The lore and lure of nutmeg
(Saveur , 10/1/2010)
All about duck à l'orange
(Saveur , 8/1/2010)
Eating in Thessaloniki, Greece's second city
(Saveur , 5/1/2010)
Macaroni and cheese, an American classic
(Saveur , 11/1/2009)
A trip to Alsace to uncover the secrets of great choucroute garnie
(Saveur , 8/1/2009)
The Gob, a snack cake and an icon in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
(Saveur , 7/1/2009)
The distinctive border cuisine of El Paso, Texas
(Saveur , 1/1/2009)
The incomparable bar food of Louisville, Kentucky
(Saveur , 12/1/2008)
The delicious Totten Inlet Virginica oyster
(11/1/2008)
The history of mincemeat pie, an old English holiday classic
(Saveur , 10/1/2008)
Doubles, the Trinidadian breakfast par excellence
(Saveur , 10/1/2008)
Extraordinary maple syrup from Quebec
(Saveur , 5/1/2008)
Veal saltimbocca, history and techniques
(Saveur , 4/1/2008)
A new crop of vegetarian cookbooks
(Saveur , 4/1/2008)
A pie social in New York City
(Saveur , 4/1/2008)
The strange history of mock apple pie
(Saveur , 3/1/2008)
The science of fish flavor
(Saveur , 1/1/2008)
Tribute to Jon Rowley, a culinary visionary
(Saveur , 11/1/2007)
Cape Cod cranberries, grown the old-fashioned way
(Gourmet , 2/1/2007)
A serene luxury resort in St. Lucia
(Gourmet , 9/1/2005)
Composer Matthew Herbert makes music from food
(Gourmet , 12/1/2004)
Cooking with trans fat-free shortening
Online
(saveur.com , 11/11/2010)
Cocktails made with nutmeg, from Prime Meats, Brooklyn, NY
(saveur.com , 6/1/2010)
Blog post about the meditative pleasure of making meatballs (and other orb-shaped hors d'oeuvres)
(saveur.com , 5/1/2010)
Blog post about Alsatian Munster and acceptable approximations available in the U.S.
(Forbes (Best of the Web) )
Reviews of the Web's best resources for eldercare information
(Forbes (Best of the Web) )
Reviews of websites offering information about adoption
(Forbes/Forbes.com )
Collecting Hollywood memorabilia: the Web's best sources
Politics
(Adoptive Families Magazine , 4/1/2002)
A Florida couple contests the state's ban on gay adoptions
(Adoptive Families )
The director talks about his movie Casa De Los Babys