Hi, I'm Betsy.
photo credit: Mark Ostow
I've been writing since I was seven years old:
"Raccoons are like robbers with masks on their face
They sneak and they prowl in the night."
A raccoon had entered our kitchen through our chimney, opened a cabinet and stolen marshmallows from an as-yet-unopened bag. Someone had to mark the moment, and that someone was me.
More recently, I have had the honor and joy of co-authoring Finding the Funny: My Mad Ride Thru Late-Night Comedy with Madeleine Smithberg, one of the most successful woman in late-night comedy you've likely never heard of. I hope to help change that with our book, coming out on March 2, 2027.
My own memoir-cum-polemic, The Dinner Diaries: Raising Whole Wheat Kids in a White Bread World (Algonquin 2008), received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, was Family Circle's Book Pick of the Month, the Progressive Book Club's Staff Pick, and was featured in Everyday with Rachael Ray, Boston Globe and The Washington Post.
My writing includes food features, recipe development, profiles, health articles, restaurant reviews, travel pieces, essays, and lifestyle stories for NPR, Wondertime, Cookie, Entrepreneur, Natural Health, Epicurious.com, The Boston Globe, Boston magazine, and online publications.
Recently I've written articles and essays for the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Brown Alumni Magazine, and a personal story for an anthology about kisses, with details TBA.
I graduated with honors from Brown in 1988 and received my Master's from Tufts in 2014. I live near Boston and love working from my couch with Ugandan coffee or guava kombucha by my side.
I support farmers and I love food.