My Bio
I have been writing about food, restaurants, and other topics as a freelancer since moving back to the Washington, DC area in 2001. My work has been in national publications including Black Enterprise, Family Digest, Farming Magazine, MotherEarthNews.com, TEA A Magazine and Transitions Abroad. Locally, I have written for Edible Chesapeake, Prince George’s Gazette, Washington Post and Washington Woman. For three years, from 2006 through 2009, I was publisher and editor of Edible Chesapeake, after I purchased it from its previous owners. I am a member of Slow Food USA and Les Dames d'Escoffier, and sit on the boards of FRESHFARM Markets and the Riverdale Park Farmers Market.
I'm proud to be a native Washingtonian, as well as a graduate of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland and of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. I spent more than five years as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State, serving in Mexico City, Mexico, and Istanbul, Turkey. Making a break with consular life, I moved to Houston, Texas in 1990, where a decade-long career in public relations unfolded. In my final year in Houston, my public relations experience and diplomatic service came together as I was tapped for the position of deputy director of protocol for the City of Houston.
Houston is also where I met my husband, Damon, and gave birth to my two little Texans, Catherine and Louis. We all now live in University Park, Maryland, less than a mile from my parents. Damon's mother and brother have moved to this area as well, so now we're an extended local family enjoying local food!
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