Wendy Ramunno

New York, NY USA

Professional Experience

Resourceful writer. Meticulous copy editor. Inventive recipe developer. Backed by a culinary degree and a passion for good eats, I love to write about all things food-related for such outlets as Gourmet.com. In a prior life, I covered government and politics at Congressional Quarterly in Washington, DC, and I continue to do occasional legislative projects. I have extensive copyediting experience, including regular on-site assignments at Food & Wine. As a contributing editor and recipe developer at Latina, I focus on healthy and fast versions of traditional specialties as well as features on food, family and kids. One of my recipes was featured on The Early Show on CBS.

Expertise

Copy Editor
10 Years
Writer
10 Years
Other, Specify
4 Years

Specialty

Family, Children & Teenagers
1 Year
Food
5 Years
Other, Specify
8 Years

Industries


Academia Other
3 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
3 Years
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
4 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

11 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Food & Wine (10+), Latina (10+), Marie Claire (3-5), Gourmet.com (1-2), Kiwi (1-2), Amtrak's Arrive magazine (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Voices for America's Children (3-5), ASPC/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (3-5)

Other Work History

*I worked on staff at Congressional Quarterly as a writer and production editor, the U.S. Department of Transportation as a technical writer and an education-related company in New York as an editor and senior editor. *After culinary school, I had an amazing experience as a garde manger chef at Eleven Madison Park, which is part of Union Square Hospitality Group (unfortunately, the crazy hours were not for me). *Past assignments include Time Out New York, The Travel Channel and TheNibble.com. I did initial recipe testing and copyediting for Whole Grains Every Day Every Way, a James Beard Award-winning cookbook by Lorna Sass.

Foreign Language Skills

Some Spanish; I've lived in Chile and Barcelona.

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office, InCopy

Equipment

Laptop, Audio Recorder

Showcase

Writing Samples

Dispatch From Grilled-Cheese Contest Finalist #3
(Food & Wine's Mouthing Off blog 4/30/2009)
A report on my adventure as a finalist in a grilled-cheese recipe contest
A Pizza Oasis in Las Vegas
(Gourmet.com 9/19/2008)
A profile of Vegas chef Brad Otton, a former USC football star who became a certified pizzaiolo after he fell in love with Neapolitan pie on a Mormon mission to Italy
Indigenous Eats
(Amtrak's Arrive magazine 7/1/2008)
A feature on five East Coast native foods, from New England clam chowder to D.C. half-smokes