The Kitchen Confessional
I'm a food journalist focused on how the culture of food creates, challenges, and changes us. Some people call me the Recipe Whisperer.
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David Bowie made me learn how to make biscuits.
In my Bowie Girl era, circa mid-1980s.
Yesterday, one of my food journalism students recounted a fond food memory about KFC kids meals, which led me to tell the class about the summer I worked at Kentucky Fried Chicken when I was 16...
New York City has ruined me.
New York City is an enigma that’s hard to resist. Photo by Kristen Hartke.
When my daughter was 7, my husband and I took her to New York City for the first time. We’re both natives, but also had a certain amount of ambivalence regarding Th...
Rejected: A new series
Let's start with the one about why I couldn't endorse a gluten-free bakery
Dearest subscribers, I’ve got something new for you today! I’m taking my professional pain and putting it on full view, or at least paid-subscriber-only view. For t...
The price of war: $6.99 for a quart of soy milk.
Searching for the best soy milk prices. Someone’s gotta do it. Photo by Kristen Hartke.
We drink a lot of soy milk in our house. It’s chock full of protein and nutrients and low in fat. Having grown up with it, I also think it taste...
You asked, I listened: I'm offering an online workshop about Food Journalism!
Over the past year, I’ve had several readers ask me if I would consider teaching a course based on the Food Journalism class that I teach at American University, and I’m now pleased to offer a three-week live online workshop that draws from...
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Writing about life as a journalist and behind the scenes as a culinary professional. 2025 Best American Food and Travel Writing. Adjunct faculty teaching Food Journalism at American University.
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