Food Writing Resume

Karen Solomon
ks@ksolomon.com

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Zagat Survey – San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants
Contributor, 2005 – 2006
Editing and scribing this global, consumer-driven restaurant review guide.

Chow! San Francisco Bay Area: 300 Affordable Places for Great Meals & Good Deals – Sasquatch Books
Contributor, 2001
Authoring numerous San Francisco restaurant reviews.

Back Burner Columnist, San Francisco Bay Guardian
January – July, 2005
In my regular feature column, I highlighted the best in San Francisco’s under-the-radar eating and artisanal food preparation.

Drink Columnist for San Francisco and Berkeley magazines, ANG Newspapers
2006
Highlighting and reviewing examplory cocktails and noteworthy bars for these monthly inserts distributed with ANG's 13 local papers, including The Oakland Tribune and The San Mateo Times.

Gayot
Restaurant reviewer/Researcher, May, 2005 – January, 2006
Tracking and recording the evolution of the East Bay and SF restaurant scene for this book publisher and website with over five million readers.

San Francisco Magazine
Writer, August, 2003 - present
I write regular food-centric articles and research food-related topics.

Sunset Magazine
Researcher/Contributor, October, 2004 – January, 2005
I wrote food-related pieces and fact-checked features on food and wine.

Citysearch San Francisco
Restaurant reviewer, 2004 –2006
Covering the evolving City restaurant scene.

AOL’s Digital City San Francisco
Restaurant reviewer, 2002 – 2003
Encapsulating the best in low-cost dining for this daily city guide.

SFStation.com
Restaurant reviewer, June 2004 – present
I regularly apply my dining prowess for this underground website’s audience of 40,000.

Freelance Food Writer
1997 – present
I specialize in writing restaurant reviews, culinary professional profiles, food issue pieces, and recipe development

Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Assistant English Teacher, July 1995 - July 1996
As well as teaching English, I wrote numerous articles for local publication, assisted in translation and editing, and promoted community cultural exchange.

Education
University of Florida
Master of Arts in English, May, 1996
Literary Theory and Cultural Studies

Bachelor of Arts in English, May, 1993