This year’s San Diego Press Club Excellence in Journalism (J-Awards) competition results were just announced and I received three awards for food writing. I earned the top award in the Magazine Food & Restaurant category for my piece for Edible San Diego on Chino Farms. And San Diego Foodstuff received second- and third-place honors for [...]
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Four New Awards from San Diego Press Club
Posted October 26th, 2012 by Caron. Comment (0).
A New Role: Board Member of Les Dames d’Escoffier International, San Diego Chapter
Posted July 11th, 2012 by Caron. Comment (0).
I’ve been a member of the San Diego chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International for two years. This month I was elected to the chapter’s board of directors and will serve as second vice president–in charge of PR and media. Julie Darling of Just Call Us Catering/Kitchen Rental/Volunteers has been elected to the board as [...]
Wine and Dine San Diego Radio to Record at Fixtures Living
Posted April 11th, 2012 by Caron. Comment (0).
Our new culinary radio show, Wine and Dine San Diego Radio is moving from a conventional studio to the fabulous showroom of Fixtures Living next week. This is a great opportunity for us to take advantage of their gorgeous digs and central location to bring San Diego’s top food and wine folks to you weekly–not [...]
New Awards from the San Diego Press Club
Posted November 13th, 2011 by Caron. Comment (0).
The San Diego Press Club held its 38th annual journalism awards in October. I received three awards this year: First place in the Magazine: Education category for my piece for Edible San Diego called “The Magic of Olivewood Gardens” Second place in the Magazine: Food & Restaurant category for my piece for Edible San Diego [...]
“Green Gold” Appears in August/September Issue of Saveur Magazine
Posted July 23rd, 2011 by Caron. Comment (0).
I’m happy to say that my first story for Saveur Magazine has just been published. “Green Gold” is the featured “Source” piece and highlights the magnificent avocado oil produced in San Diego County by Cid da Silva under the name Bella Vado Avocado Oil. This has been a very long time coming and it’s so [...]
Bragging Rights on Four Awards from the San Diego Press Club
Posted October 20th, 2010 by Caron. Comment (0).
Time for a little bragging! Last night was the San Diego Press Club’s 37th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards–or J-Awards. It was a great enough evening seeing a wonderful turnout, despite the rain, and having all the guests enjoy the bounty of 15 restaurants and four local purveyors that I recruited and organized. But, I [...]
San Diego Foodstuff Makes San Diego Mag’s Best of SD Issue
Posted July 15th, 2010 by Caron. Comment (0).
Check out the August 2010 issue of San Diego Magazine. It’s their Best of San Diego issue. Surprise! San Diego Foodstuff is included (on page 71) in their best local bloggers round-up! I’m in good company with my friends Kirk of mmm-yoso, Katie Dillon of Lajollamom.com, and Angela Carone of CultureLust. I’ll be joining San [...]
What’s New? Lots!
Posted April 17th, 2010 by Caron. Comment (0).
It’s been frantic around here–all good stuff–but little time to pull rabbits out of hats in terms of writing on this page. But, I have some updates: I’ll be on the KPBS radio show These Days on Tuesday, April 20 from 10 to 11 a.m. to talk about vegetarian food with chefs Trey Foshee and [...]
Four Awards From San Diego Press Club
Posted October 21st, 2009 by Caron. Comment (0).
Last night’s San Diego Press Club Journalism Awards has been on my mind for months now. I was on the organizing committee, tasked with rounding up restaurants for our dinner at the Hall of Champions. I hadn’t thought much about actually winning any awards, although I had certainly sent in entries and learned that I’d [...]