Freelance Writing

I have been a published writer since 1975 in newspapers, magazines and on websites, covering many topics. A feature article I wrote about food blogs was a finalist for a Bert Greene award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals in 2007.

Personal essays:

• The Meaning of Mangoes, Lucky Peach magazine. Grand prize winner, MFK Fisher Awards for Excellence in Culinary Writing, Les Dames Escoffier. Best Essay, Association of Food Journalists. Included in Best Food Writing anthology, 2016.
• Remembering My Troubled Mother on Mother’s Day, Food & Wine
• The little egg device I’ll never get rid of, because it reminds me of Dad, The Washington Post
• Cooking with Dana for the Last Time, First Person Singular
• Mum’s Comfort Food, Safeway Select
• Before Workplace Harassment Had a Name, Ms. magazine
• Becoming an American, Salon.com
• There’s Something about Mary’s Kitchen, ucook.com, a weekly column
• Essay about a local personality, The Express, a Bay area weekly newspaper
• Essay on my mother’s cooking, Better Life Monthly, a national magazine in China
• The Memory of Celtuce, Cleaver Quarterly

Features:

• Feeding the Hungry, Gastronomica magazine
• Cover story, Pittsburgh magazine, about the Pittsburgh “Person of the Year”
• Cover story, Vancouver magazine, about outrageous bedrooms 
• Op-Ed piece, Vancouver Sun, about the percentage of students who attend university after community college
• Cover story, Safeway Select, an interview with cookbook author Deborah Madison

How-to pieces:

• 5 Steps to Transform Meals into Writing Experiences, a cover story on food writing, Writer’s Digest
• You’re the Expert—Now Prove It. Feature story on book credentials for authors, Writer’s Digest
• A Blogger’s Guide to Working with a Writing Group, Food Bloggers of Canada website
• The Right Way To Buffet, Safeway Select
• Uncork Your Wine Knowledge, Safeway Select

Restaurant reviews:

• Reviews in San Francisco Weekly
• Review in The San Francisco Chronicle

Recipes:

• Clean Eating magazine, regular column on cooking vegetables
• Safeway Select magazine, regular column, “The Busy Cook.”