Fall 2018 Women Contributors

If you look at our contributors’ page every issue, you’ll see a lot of women there. It isn’t because I have anything against men (on the contrary, guys, pitch me!). I think it’s because it tends to be women who are willing to put in the legwork to see a story they care about published, even when, as a mission-driven publication, Edible Philly’s honorariums are not commensurate with their talents. It’s women whose patience allows them to simmer a story for many months, as was the case with writer Alex Jones and her story, “The Butcher and The Chef”.
- Joy Manning

GABRIELA BARRANTES (Road Trip) is a proud first-generation Latina. She enjoys working on photography projects relating to culture, travel and Latino experience. Off the clock, you can find her online bidding for vintage jewelry and spending time with her dogs George and Snacks.

TENAYA DARLINGTON (Road Trip) is the author of seven books, most recently Booze and Vinyl. For nearly a decade, she has written a blog devoted entirely to cheese, MadameFromageBlog.com. She lives in Fishtown, where she loves to serve cheese boards on her stoop.

DEVRA FERST (Home Away from Home) is a food writer, editor, and cooking teacher whose writing has appeared in Bon Appetit, NPR, Vogue, Eater, and numerous other publications. A Philadelphian by birth, she’ll never pass up a bowl of Bassett’s Ice Cream, a loaf of Sarcone’s, or a pie at Tacconelli's.

ALEXANDRA JONES (The Butcher & The Chef) is a cheesemonger, writer, food educator, and entrepreneur who has been working with farmers and artisans in Pennsylvania for the past eight years. She runs the Collective Creamery cheese subscription and has written for publications like CivilEats.com, Grid, and Foobooz.com.

REBECCA MCALPIN (Home Away from Home) is a photographer who was born and raised in the Philly area and was thrilled when she recently moved back. Her favorite food is a farm fresh tomato. More of her work can be seen at rebecca mcalpin.com.

WENDY RAMUNNO (Momma Turney) is a freelance writer, editor and copywriter. Past gigs include Zagat Philadelphia editor, consultant for Google, and book editor at Food & Wine. A culinary school grad, she teaches cooking and nutrition to kids through Vetri Community Partnership.

TAMI SEYMOUR (Momma Turney and Cookshelf) is a photographer out of Philadelphia. If she is not behind a camera, you can find her with her husband and their three kids. When she is not with them, she is either on her bike or running the trails with her dog. Learn more at TamiSeymour.com.

ROBIN SHREEVES (Women, Wine, and Influence) is a certified sommelier and the founder of wineandwonder.com. She's the wine columnist for the Courier Post newspaper and a writer for Mother Nature Network. She's also the co-author of The One Year Women in Christian History.