Posts Tagged as ‘food writing’

February 22, 2009

How’d You Get That Job?

My mouth is wide open, I’m flat on my back and two pairs of hands are inside my mouth. One of those hands is holding a drill. “So,” my dentist asks nonchalantly, “How’d you get that job?”
He’s referring to the food critic part of my multi-pronged culinary career. Unlike him, I need multiple streams of [...]

October 2, 2008

Political Indigestion

Food and politics are a recipe for indigestion, but I have to mix them just for a minute. I am a flag-waving, card-carrying independent, and usually, I keep my political opinions to myself, but today, I feel compelled to say something.
I’m not sure our elected officials are in touch with reality. I interviewed a woman [...]

June 20, 2008

Outed…Sort of…

It’s true…. I’m writing for PHOENIX Magazine now. I had only told a couple of friends because I wanted to see my name in print before I started telling the world. Just because I turned in articles, didn’t mean they would soak up ink on a page, I thought. But today, a friend forwarded me [...]