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Karen Hochman

Editorial Director

Karen, a New York foodie, is the founder of THE NIBBLE™. She had been dining royally around town since high school. Upon receiving an MBA, it was not surprising that she went to work for the CEO of Bloomingdale’s and was sent on assignment to the gourmet housewares department. She never left the sixth floor, metaphorically speaking; although she did switch to a career in corporate marketing and advertising. It was at Citibank for credit card customers that she began to write her first culinary newsletters. A cutting-edge cook, she is thrilled to be putting out a virtual buffet of specialty foods.

Rowann Gilman

Contributing Editor

Rowann has spent more than 20 years in senior editorial positions at In-Touch Weekly, Woman’s Day Holiday Baking, Light Meals in Minutes, Jenn Air’s Creative Cooking, and other special-interest publications. She was editor-in-chief of Changing Homes and Decorating Editor of McCall’s. She is also a passionate cook and baker—but, she hastens to add, accepts invitations to enjoy others’ cooking and baking.

Ruth J. Katz

Contributing Editor, Home Zone

A contributing editor at New York Magazine and Redbook, Ruth is an expert in consumer goods and services. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, the Daily News, Self, Woman’s Day, and many others. Ruth explains that she has a black belt in shopping. For Nibblers, she’ll be hunting “finds” in kitchen appliances and gadgets, tableware and items for entertaining. We hope no one gets hurt.

Michael Mascha

Contributing Editor, Bottled Waters

Michael, a food anthropologist and culinary expert, was one of the first people to recognize the fast emergence of bottled water connoisseurship and the need for an authoritative source to help consumers make sense of the category, a $6 billion industry with hundreds of different choices. He founded FineWaters.com in 2003 and it has become a popular destination site. Michael consults with restaurants nationwide on food and and water pairings. He has a background as a wine collector and is also a connoisseur of fine chocolate. He holds a Ph.D. and is a former assistant professor of Visual Anthropology at the University of Southern California. Click here to e-mail Michael.

Kris Prasad

Contributing Editor, Wine

Kris, who holds a Ph.D. in chemistry, has been a wine instructor in New York City for more than 10 years and has sailed the Seven Seas as wine lecturer for the Royal Viking Line. As the New York sectional winner of a Wines of Spain competition, he was rewarded with an all-expenses-paid trip to their great wine regions; and in non-prize-winning years pays for his own trips to the finest vineyards of Europe. A dazzling chef as well as a great palate, Kris is the director of a wine-and-food-connoisseurs’ tasting group. We consider it a good day when he brings in leftovers.

Andy Whitman

Contributing Editor

Andy has spent his entire career in food, and has expertise in specialty, natural and organic, and mass market foods. His trend articles, featuring the best of industry trade shows, are read by more than 10,000 professionals. Andy is also a craft beer enthusiast, but to date has been too modest to take on this area of reporting for THE NIBBLE.

Peter Rot

Chocolate Reporter
After an epiphanic taste of Valrhona Le Noir Amer 71%, Peter’s passion for chocolate became a full-fledged scholarly pursuit. He is currently pursuing a graduate degree in one of the worst places to ship chocolate: New Mexico. While close to the origin of xocolatl, it can be small comfort when the FedEx driver leaves the box on the front porch in the broiling sun. Peter is a reviewer for the international chocolate connoisseurs’ discussion forum, SeventyPercent.com.

Claire Freierman

Cheese Reporter
Claire works as a cheesemonger at one of America’s premier cheese stores. There, she gained the bulk of her cheese knowledge, supplemented by extensive study and visits to the farms from New York to California that produce some of the country’s most delicious cheeses.  When Claire is not working at the cheese store or for the THE NIBBLE, she likes to unwind by eating a hunk of cheese with a perfectly paired wine.

Constance DeSwaan

Editor At Large

Constance has spent her career as an editor at major consumer magazines. An expert cook, she brings both talents to her work at THE NIBBLE.

R. Veronique Fitzgerald

Wine Columnist

A candidate for the Wine and Spirits Education Trust Diploma of Wine and Spirits, Veronique has developed her passion for wine through traveling and living abroad in the UK and New Zealand for a cumulative three years with her husband Chef Shehu Fitzgerald. Veronique has led seminars on various topics at wine events in New York City and around the northeast, as well as participated in Women for WineSense events on both the east and west coasts. She lives in Staten Island, NY and has recently joined Vino Volo, an airport winebar/retail concept, opening their fifth location at JFK International Airport. She is a wine broker for South Pacific Wines and the membership chair of the New York City chapter of Women for WineSense.

You?

If you’d like to be part of a venture that can offer you more exposure and opportunity to build your portfolio than compensation—or you have plenty of portfolio but enjoy the energy of a start-up—e-mail Editors at TheNibble.com stating your interests. Please attach a writing sample or URL(s) so we can respond efficiently. We have opportunities for:

• Freelance writers (book reviews, tabletop, food travel, beauty and related areas)
• Interns

If you’re looking for an internship, let us know your availability—dates and hours per week—and your skill set.

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