About Food Loves Writing

about food loves writing

Hi, I’m Shannalee. Food Loves Writing is my literary food blog—about food and about everything else. It began on the anniversary of the day my grandma, the woman who taught me how to bake, passed away, and since then, it has become a place that’s changed my life—leading me to a new lifestyle of eating whole foods, moving me to a new home in Nashville and connecting me with the love of my life, Tim. Now we write this site together.

Grandma would have liked that.

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What Can I Expect Here?
Essays about food and about everything else—like a post about creamsicles that’s really about tuning in to truth, or a recipe for cauliflower pizza crust that tells you what a good husband I have. Recipes are made with whole, natural ingredients, from buckwheat ginger cookies to baked tilapia to fork-tender grass-fed pot roast that will change your world.

What If I’m New?
There’s an index of recipes, months of archives (see above). Over on the sidebar, you’ll see which posts are most recent, as well as what comments are being posted. You can check out some of my travel posts through links above, whether it’s a trip to the Research Triangle of North Carolina, a kumquat festival in Florida or the mountains of Colorado.

What Do You Do for a Living? Is the Blog Your Job?
As of July 1, 2010, I am a full-time freelance writer, creating content for anyone who pays me to (I joke, kind of). I spent three years managing a writing department and two years earning a master’s degree before making the leap, and it’s simultaneously thrilling and terrifying. And while I love this blog, it doesn’t earn an income—maybe someday!

So You’re a Freelancer. Can I Hire You?
Yes! I am available for freelance and contract work.

Where Do You Live? I Thought You Were from Chicago?
I am from Chicago—born and bred in the southwest suburbs, in fact, where my family still lives. As of February 2011 though, I now call Nashville home.

What’s with Your Name—Shannalee? How Do You Say That, and Where Did It Come from?
I have been asked this question since I was old enough to answer. The fact is, my parents made the name up, creating it from other names they liked, and they meant for it to be pronounced like Shauna-lee, as in, rhymes with Donna-lee or Fawna-lee. Yes, I know that means Shannalee is not a phonetic spelling. Talk to them.

Speaking of Names, what’s with Food Loves Writing?
When I created this blog, I wanted it to combine food and writing, and, this is what I came up with. Maybe my parents aren’t the only ones who pick weird names.

What Kind of Camera Do You Use?
[Update 12/25/09]: I now own a gently used Canon EOS 40D that I use mostly with a 35mm lens.

May I Use Your Photo Somewhere Else?
All photos and text on this site are protected by copyright and may not be used without permission.

Will You Review my Book? Try my Product? Visit my Restaurant?
Maybe. When I come across a product or place that I enjoy, I usually mention it here, so if you think I will enjoy yours, let me know. Just be aware that I cannot promise to blog about it, and I will always disclose that it has been given to me.

Will You Respond to my E-mail?
Almost always, yes.

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