Writer, Copywriter, Copyeditor, Content Strategist.
I’m a writer and editor based out of Vancouver, BC, on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples including the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
I create, produce, and copyedit content for the food and travel world, real estate marketers, and many other interesting folks I’ve had the chance to connect with.
I hold a BA in Art History from the University of Victoria, and a Masters of Food Culture and Communications from the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy. Before earning a living through words, I worked as a tree planting camp cook, goat herder, and cheesemonger, plus a variety of other jobs deemed “character building” by my father. In 2012, I beat out 1,507 other applicants to become Tourism Richmond’s 365 Days of Dining Food Blogger, which kickstarted my writing career. This position saw me eat at and blog about a different Richmond restaurant each day for an entire year, and literally hundreds of dumplings were involved.
My work in Richmond sparked a desire to explore food on a national scale, so in 2013 I launched FEAST: An Edible Road Trip with my beloved friend Dana VanVeller. Over five months we travelled 37,000km by car, train, plane, and boat, visiting all of Canada’s ten provinces and three territories. Our goal was to seek out and share as many interesting stories of Canadian food culture as possible, and in 2014 we were awarded a Saveur Best Food Blog Award for our efforts. We went on to sign a book deal with Random House Canada, and FEAST: Recipes and Stories from a Canadian Road Trip was published in March of 2017. It won Gold at the Taste Canada Awards and we are proud as heck of that thing!
Over the years I’ve worked as a content strategist for luxury travel companies and written for publications like Bon Appetit, Epicurious, Food & Wine, The Guardian UK, The Globe & Mail, and Asparagus. Dana and I also travelled across the Canadian arctic to consult on a country food cookbook for the Government of Nunavut called Nirjutit Imaani; it was published in 2021 in collaboration with the Nunavut Arctic College and Inhabit Media, and went on to win first place in the Arctic Category at the Gourmand World Cookbook awards in Umea, Sweden.
My current work includes copywriting and content strategizing for Row 7 Seeds, content update editing for Serious Eats, and managing a project called Generational Fare that’s dedicated to preserving iconic family recipes. I’m grateful for the all the adventures, learning opportunities, and privileges this work has afforded me over the years. Thanks for stopping by.
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