New Class!

September 29, 2008

I really loved teaching my freelance writing classes locally for the past few years. But with my shift to food writing and a kid who has a more vibrant social life than I, teaching was one thing I had to cut out in the last year. However, I’ve figured out a way to teach online. [...]

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My new food blog!

May 27, 2008

For some reason I get gazillions of hits for people looking for Clean Eating recipes, so hey — if you’re so inclined, come check out my food blog. I’ve been food blogging for awhile, but recently I did a site revamp of DianaCooks. It’s basically a place to write the things that I want to [...]

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Mid-winter news

February 19, 2008

My, how the winter has flown by. I’m weeks away from my India trip and in the midst of getting all my immunizations updated. This a.m. I finished my typhoid series, and tomorrow I head back to the doctor for my next round of rabies and hepatitis a/b shots. I’m starting to feel a little [...]

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I’m guest blogging this week!

January 17, 2008

Check out my week-long food blog at eGullet. I’ll be blogging until Sunday, January 20.

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Fall news

September 22, 2007

It was a busy summer! As I try to keep up with the glut of tomatoes and chili peppers from my garden, I can’t believe the season’s over. I wrote quite a few pieces for the Boston Globe food section — see my clips page for links — and have another story coming out on [...]

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June News

June 1, 2007

This month’s Oxygen magazine features my story on healthy grilling, along with three recipes I developed. The food stylist did a fabulous job making my dishes look yummy. (I never get photogenic grill marks on my chicken breasts, let me tell you.) Later this fall, a new magazine called Clean Eating will hit the stands, [...]

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Travel News

April 25, 2007

I just got back from a whirlwind trip to NYC. Whew! We packed a lot in in three days, including a lunch with one of my editors. But the big trip news: I’m going to India in November! It looks like I’ll be there for about two weeks, give or take a few days, and [...]

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What’s New in April

April 4, 2007

I have a short piece in this month’s issue of Parenting about why babies like to twirl their hair. (My son is five and he still does this, right before he falls asleep or when he’s waking up. Funny the stuff these kids do!) Oxygen magazine continues to run its nutrition/food series called “Build a [...]

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Spring Classes/Speaking Engagements

January 3, 2007

I’ll be teaching my popular magazine writing class, Freelance Magazine Writing for Fun & Profit, though Chelmsford Community Education again this spring, starting on Tuesday, March 6, 2007. The class runs for three weeks from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. A few of my students have gone on to write for magazines including Parenting, Woman’s [...]

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What’s new this month

January 3, 2007

My feature on only children is in the February 2007 issue of Parenting. And check out the February issue of Oxygen magazine … I did a recipe makeover for hummus. Yum! The Renegade Writer’s Query Letters That Rock got a nice review in the December 2006 issue of The Writer. Reviewers Erica Dreifus and Chuck [...]

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