Festival Bloggers
Interested in joining the 2013 Boston Local Food Festival Blogging Team? Fill out the form here:
2013 Festival Blogger Application
Have questions about becoming a festival blogger? Email jacqueline@thewilliamsagency.net
Tara Bellucci is a lifelong New Englander who grew up in the kitchen and never left. A founder of the Boston Food Swap, it’s her mission to share culinary creations and connect people through the joys of real food. Outside of swapping, Tara is a food & shelter writer & photographer who contributes to Apartment Therapy, The Kitchn, and Eat Boutique. See what she’s up to at tarabellucci.com.
Jarrod Cohen is working in marketing for a computer software company. He loves cooking and food culture, music, technology, current events, kayaking, and hiking. He is a contributor to a blog called menofwings.com where he and his friends rate chicken wings from bars and restaurants in and around the Boston area. Jarrod is very happy to be contributing to the BLFF this year!
Taryn Collins is a Boston resident and local food blogger, acting as the voice behind {Sweetly} Serendipity. Her specialty is baking, and her favorite place is the kitchen, where she’s often testing new recipes or whipping up something delicious. In her free time, she likes to explore the local food scene, exercise, spend time outdoors, bake/blog/eat/repeat, play with her two adorable kitties and redecorate her apartment. You’ll never find her sitting down for long, and mostly likely will find her perusing the booths at SOWA every Sunday, taking day-trips around New England, or “gardening” on her pint-size deck.
Born in Salisbury, England, Rachel Cossar’s family moved to Toronto, Canada when she was three years old. She grew up in various Canadian cities as she pursued training both as a Rythmic Gymnast and a ballet dancer. At the age of 17, she moved to Boston, MA in order to accept a position at the top level of the Boston Ballet School. In 2008, she was offered a contract with the second company (Boston Ballet II) and in 2010, she was offered a full contract with the Corps de Ballet. Along with her career as a professional ballet dancer, Cossar has developed an affinity and enthusiasm for Boston’s food scene. Through her food blog, www.foodistaonpointe.com, Cossar explores all goings on in Boston’s rapidly expanding food scene. From new restaurant openings, to food events and festivals, Cossar is ‘on pointe’ with the food industry.
Jeff Cutler is a freelance journalist, social media trainer and content specialist who speaks regularly on content marketing and the use of social tools for businesses. He’s also a recognized foodie and the author of BostonFoodFan.com. Jeff has written for NPR, The NY Post, Technology Review, MobileMag.com, Gatehouse Media and more. He’s spoken at BlogWorld Expo, SXSW, various PodCamps, dozens of journalism conferences and content events. Jeff has keynoted the Cable Communicators of America annual conference and regularly appears on radio and television programs to provide insight into social media tools. Jeff is the co-host of NomX3.com (the show about lunch). You can find out more on Jeff by visiting http://jeffcutler.com for a jumping-off point.
Jen Dorman moved to Boston in 2010 and began to blog as a way to share her experience. She discovered her new surroundings using social media. After being here a year, she no longer considers herself to be a newbie. She’s still continuing her journey, exploring the area, having fun and loving life as a young single marketing professional living in Boston’s Back Bay. In addition to Jen’s 3 blogs, she writes for GalTime Boston and So Pick A Party. Go check her out at Boston Bachelorette!
Molly is a lifelong Bostonian with a passion for food, fashion, art and culture. Molly founded her blog, Pop.Bop.Shop., in January 2009 to share her perpetual quest for what’s new and exciting in Beantown. Pop.Bop.Shop. was ranked in the top 5 best local blogs by the Boston A-List in 2010 and 2011. When it comes to food Molly is more diner than chef, and seeks restaurants with outdoor patios, chalkboard menus, avocado-topped salads and sandwiches, addictive French fries, chocolate-filled dessert menus and swirl your own frozen yogurt. She’s a vegetarian, so you can count on her to fill you in on herbivore-friendly options everyone she dines. When not blogging, Molly works full time as an Online Community Manager for an advertising agency in Boston’s Financial District. Keep up with Molly as she bops around Boston by following her on Twitter, @mollygaller.
Lindsey Frances Jones is Boston based freelance writer. She blogs about DIY recipes at madebyfrances.com and has contributed to Grub Street Boston.
Carolyn Ketchum is a writer, a runner, a mother and a diabetic. She is also the evil mastermind behind All Day I Dream About Food, a blog that focuses primarily on healthy low carb and gluten-free recipes. She has a Masters in Physical Anthropology and Human Evolution from Arizona State University and has an extensive background in higher education administration. She currently lives, bakes and cooks in the Boston area with her husband and three children. You can check out her experiments with low carb baking at All Day I Dream About Food.
Ché Knight is behind Knight at the Restaurant, a food and lifestyle blog based primarily in the Boston area. A transplant to the Boston area, Ché chronicles her journey through tasting the local fare at Boston’s best restaurants, experimenting with new recipes in her tiny Boston kitchen, and exploring all the city has to offer from the point of view of a 20-something who is also navigating the complex path of her career. Follow Ché on Twitter @knightlyratings.
Katie Lamie is a virgo, vata, Hatha yoga teacher and student at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. After a long battle with food allergies, Katie turned to alternative medicine and radically changed her relationship with food. A fan of the Natick farmers market and Taza’s gluten-free chocolate, Katie’s favorite blogging adventure to date was attending Wanderlust Vermont in June. Catch Katie’s adventures and insights at Kisforkale.com and follow her on Twitter @katyz15.
Brenda Pike is a student in Tufts’ urban and environmental policy and planning master’s program and a writer/editor at Berklee College of Music, where she also organizes the school’s volunteer sustainability group. She’s interested in local and organic food mostly as they relate to sustainability (although they taste great, too!). Read about her process of discovery on Pragmatic Environmentalism.
Liz Looker has lived in Boston for two years and has since explored the variety of cuisines to be found in and around the city. She likes to eat and cook cuisines from around the world and enjoys learning about culture through food. Liz works in nonprofit development and marketing and loves to paint and travel. Visit her blog at EatingPlaces and follow her on twitter @EatingPlaces.
Michele J Martin has been writing for as long as she has been cooking. At 11, she once made Chicken Kiev for friends, when pizza rolls were the norm. An early adopter of online social communities, she was engaging through GeoCities, OpenDiary and LiveJournal in the mid-late 1990′s. This passion for connection made it a natural transition into Social Media Strategist, yet it surprised those who believed she’d become a chef, following the “Chicken Incident of ‘86”. A borne foodie, she suffered two conflicting paths; a diverse 20+ year relationship with the food industry, including a flirtation with culinary school, and her 15 year career in marketing that simmered slowly from job to passion. One evening, over Tuna Tacos at Ole in Cambridge, the epiphany occurred… and her two loves, Social & Food, finally converged. It’s possible the Añejo Mezcal was to blame. She writes several food blogs, including www.tableoftwo.com, makes cheese and sells spicy gluten-free cookies on Etsy. Follow her on twitter @MicheleJMartin.
Erin Morgan, a native Floridian, is a computer geek by day and an avid blogger, reader, cooker, knitter, celebrity gossip enjoyer and wine/beer drinker by night. For the past 7 years Erin has made Boston her home and is happy to report that she still enjoys the snow. On her food and lifestyle blog, A Girl & Her Mutt, she shares tales of her attempts in the kitchen, discovering local Boston eats, and all the fun that can be had with a cute dog at her side. Come say hi to Erin on A Girl & Her Mutt and follow her on Twitter @agirlandhermutt.
Matthew Petrelis is a blogger/photographer/cardiac sonographer/food creator/food destroyer/cocktail drinker (in no particular order). You can find his blog at TheThingsIThinkAbout.com and follow him on Twitter @petrelis. He resides in Somerville, Ma with his husband Joey and a pug named Riley.
Annemarie Rossi is a mother dedicated to feeding her family wholesome food while sticking to a reasonable grocery budget. Her recipes and money-saving tips can be found on her blog, Real Food, Real Deals. She makes most of her family’s food from scratch, focusing on ingredients that are as close to the source as possible. She stays away from white flour, white sugar, and other highly processed ingredients. Her recipes are tasty, affordable, and easy to make. She breaks down the cost of many of her recipes, so it’s easy to see how much money people can save by making things themselves. Annemarie loves her local CSA, which is a great source of inspiration as she plans her family’s meals each week.
Meagan Spencer currently works for the American Cancer Society on their Relay For Life events, but she is big into eating and cooking as well as staying fit. She is specifically interested in farm to plate and local sustainability. She currently has a food blog, Big Eater Small Body, where she regularly pushes local markets, fresh foods, and how to cook them. Blogging fresh and local has been pretty easy for her because she is totally in love with her Union Square Farmers’ Market and really enjoys getting to know the farms and people who stand by their amazing products! She also has some contacts locally by way of restaurants and other businesses and anything she can do to push their businesses and interests she certainly uses her blog to do!”
Erica is originally from Louisville, Kentucky and moved to Cambridge in February of 2011. Then she started blogging at Boston Rookie as a way to keep family and friends updated on what she learned about the New England way of life. After meeting other bloggers in the area, she expanded Boston Rookie to include reviews about restaurants and to spread the word about other events and festivals. Erica Enjoys venturing to new restaurants, going to local festivals, baking, and is learning how to cook. She is in the marketing technology space and is passionate about technology. Erica loves to travel and is always taking pictures. She is excited to learn more about local farms and locally owned food-related businesses through the Boston Local Food Festival.
Veronica Thompson is a grad student getting her masters in digital publishing and eager to eat her next delicious meal. Her many adventures have taken her all over the world so that she’s had the immense pleasure of falling in love with food. Veronica loves to try new foods and her favorite hangout is the local farmers market. Veronica has worked for Food Network Magazine and America’s Test Kitchen, been a jeweler’s apprentice, pulled kegs off a beer truck (it is a job), and works in a graduate admissions office part-time. Check out her blog Foodie By Night and follow her on twitter @veronicathomp.
Kerrie Urban is a consultant living in Back Bay. She blogs at Urban Foodie Finds, reviewing local restaurants and sharing her favorite foods, wines and recipes. Originally from New Hampshire, Kerrie now spends her free time attempting to try every restaurant in Boston, planning vacations around food, and eating her way through every Michelin-starred restaurant in the United States. Kerrie first became interested in local sustainable food after reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma and now tries her best to support local farmers and the restaurants that source their food. She loves bacon, burgers, and steak way too much to ever become a vegetarian, but hopes to achieve some of the same health and humanitarian benefits by eating local whenever possible
Kristin Van Busum, an east coast transplant, grew up in a corn-fed Midwestern town where she celebrated “Tractor Day.” She works at a policy think-tank by day, but spends her nights as a food geek, using herself as a guinea pig for new recipes and exploring Boston’s food culture. While earning an MPA in health policy from New York University, she developed an appreciation for the intersection of food, nutrition and public policy. She aims to be an advocate for locally sourced foods, helping people appreciate wholesome, fresh ingredients and connect with the food they eat. She is eager to expand her repertoire of strategies for promoting the local food movement in Boston.
Jane Ward has been blogging about local food since 2011, but she’s loved it since 1989 when she first started helping her mother in the garden. When she’s not at her day job managing a local retail establishment, she can be found exploring the Boston area’s independent grocers, farmers markets, and restaurants. You can follow these adventures, as well as glean recipes, join the conversation about the down sides of industrial agriculture, and more at Corn Free July, or follow her on Twitter @cornfreejuly.
Stewart Wise, a retired chef and journalist who lives the Somerville/Cambridge area of Boston. Originally from Texas, has ran kitchens in Austin, Dallas, New York City, London & Boston for Dean and Deluca, Carter Burden NYC, Whole Foods Market (Austin and Manhattan), Word of Mouth and Cafe Matisse. Most recently, he’s been a volunteer cook and Kitchen Coordinator for Tuesday Meal, a program that feeds the needy and the homeless in Harvard Square. Stewart considers himself a ‘veggievore’ which the NY Times defines as “someone who’s not so much ardently anti-meat as passionately pro-vegetable”. Stewart was a contributing editor of the Austin Chronicle for almost 10 years. Last year he contributed an essay for the book, “SXSW Scrapbook: The People and Things That Went Before” published by The University of Texas Press.Check out his blog, Goosefat: A Somerville-Cambridge Cook’s Repertoire.
Anna Yudin of Appome is a Food/Fashion Journalist and Photographer. She writes for different magazines and award winning websites, including GateHouse Media and Conde Nast Publications. Anna’s first article was “published” when she was 8 years old – in her own hand-written magazine for her family and friends.
