About Edible Silicon Valley
Celebrating the Local Food Culture of the Peninsula & South Bay
Edible Silicon Valley is a dynamic regional food and lifestyle magazine dedicated to connecting our vibrant community with the local businesses, farmers, and artisans who feed us.
We are the premier guide for food lovers in the Bay Area, exploring the stories behind the food we eat and the people who grow, cook, and craft it.
Featured Contributors
Meet the Team
Editor in Chief
Coline LeConte
Editor at Large
Catherine Nunes
Story Editor
Amber Turpin
Copy Editor & Proofer
Doug Adrianson
Digital Production
WR Doss-Johnson
Community Manager
Jackie Nuñez
Community Coordinator
Kayla Whitehouse
Engagement Director
Susan Bernstein
Business Development & Partnerships
Antonella Vassallo
Business Development & Partnerships
Fran Fitzharris
Distribution Ambassador
Jenni Chiarella
Featured Contributors
Meet the Voices Behind Our Stories
Catherine Nunes
Catherine Nunes is editor-at-large for Edible Silicon Valley, showcasing stories celebrating local food culture, sustainability,...
Jennifer Conley, RD, RN, MS, PHN
Jennifer Conley RD, RN, MS, PHN is a vice president and wellness director at ABD...
Amber Turpin
Amber Selene Turpin is a freelance food and travel writer based in the Santa Cruz...
Barbara Krause
Barbara Krause blends her talents as a journalist with her business-minded approach growing some of...
Cara Mangini
Cara Mangini is a vegetable-based chef and the award-winning author of The Vegetable Butcher and...
Carolyn Jung
Carolyn Jung is a James Beard Award–winning food writer based in Silicon Valley. She is...
Cheryl Sternman Rule
Cheryl Sternman Rule is an award-winning San Jose food writer and the author of Yogurt...
Coco Morante
Coco Morante is a cookbook author and the recipe contributor for Edible Silicon Valley, serving...
Eva Barrows
Eva Barrows is a San Francisco Peninsula freelance writer and developmental editor for fiction and...
Jennifer Tyler Lee
Jennifer Tyler Lee is a mom of two children and the creator of Crunch a...
Kate Daly
Kate Daly is a freelance writer who contributes to local newspapers, composes cookbooks and edits...
Laura Ness
Laura Ness, aka “Her VineNess,” is a full time wine journalist who traipses through vineyards...
Robin Chapman
Robin Chapman is a journalist and historian who had a long career in television news...
Sophie Egan
Sophie Egan is senior advisor for sustainable food systems at R&DE Stanford Dining, co-director of...
Tony Tieu
Tony Tieu’s love affair with photography began when he was a professional skateboarder. Tony was...
Alec MacDonald
Alec MacDonald enjoys talking to people who grow food, especially when he’s reporting for Nichi...
Kayla Whitehouse
Kayla Whitehouse is a San Francisco–based freelance writer who is drawn to the ways that...
Jackie Nuñez
Jackie Nuñez is a Peninsula local and sustainability professional with a love for bringing people...
Tri Nguyen
Tri Nguyen has a passion for storytelling through photos and videos. He thinks of his...
Julian LeConte
Julian LeConte finds creative ways to capture the little things and give them a moment...
Yvonne Cornell
Yvonne Cornell is a food photographer, writer, stylist and blogger. Her favorite stories uncover the...
Kristin Conard
Kristin Conard is a Santa Cruz–based travel and food writer who grew up in Kansas....
Rebecca Katz
Rebecca Katz is a nationally recognized culinary translator and expert on the role of food...
Ron Perrotta
Ron Perrotta is a freelance writer and a business development consultant for wine, coffee and...
Laura Sutherland
Laura Sutherland is a Santa Cruz-based freelance writer who has been covering food, craft beer,...
Pam Scott
Pam Scott, founder of The Curious Company, a research studio and branding boutique, is an...
Paulette Phlipot
Paulette Phlipot is a Half Moon Bay–based renowned editorial, commercial and fine-art culinary photographer known...
Charlotte Kryska
Charlotte Kryska is the chocolatier and owner of the small craft chocolate business, Hapa Chocolat....
Stephen Shelton
A seasoned hospitality professional with a degree in city planning and community development, is now...
Virginia Miller
Virginia Miller founded The Perfect Spot in 2007 and a Substack writing about and judging...
Cyntia Apps
Cyntia Apps is a San Francisco Bay Area–based culinary and commercial photographer. She specializes in...
Savannah Leedy
Savannah Leedy is a Bay Area native and writer whose work has appeared in Arizona...
Abigail Brendlen
Abigail Brendlen is a multidisciplinary artist based in the Bay Area. Her work captures the...
Nina Kulick
After many years in neuroscience research, I started Gooseberry Designs to pursue my love of...
Ashley Pun
Ashley Pun is a freelance photographer based in South San Francisco. Inspired by her love...
Andrew Mariani
Andy Mariani, born in San Jose, is a multigenerational orchardist and master stone fruit grower...
Sajeemas Pasakdee
Sajeemas “Mint” Pasakdee is a plant and soil biologist currently working for the Santa Clara...
Laura Sutherland
Eva Barrows
Catherine Nunes
Charlotte Kryska
Paulette Phlipot
Coline LeConte
Edible Silicon Valley is published seasonally four times a year by Tastefully Made, LLC. We are an advertiser- and subscriber-supported publication. Edible Silicon Valley is a local, independent and woman-owned and -operated small business.
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