Catherine Nash

About Me

I grew up in the South where it was common for a meal to include more platters of food than people. I survived on a childhood of sausage biscuits, fried chicken, fried clams, ham rolls, shrimp cocktail, pickled peaches, homemade ice cream, and lemon tarts, and I thought that getting your tomatoes from a paper bag your neighbor left on the doorstep or knowing the name of your favorite corn was normal (Silver Queen was mine). Now I'm a San Francisco-based freelance food writer who's been published in Olive magazine, Best Food Writing, the Oakland Tribune, The Onion, Northside San Francisco and other local publications. As most of my attempts to reproduce childhood favorites in my own kitchen have ended in crushing disappointment, I eat out four to five times a week and cook healthy meals when I'm at home.

Your superpower is that you smell like dandelions whenever someone lies. How will you maintain your secret identity?

If you can tell me what dandelions smell like, I'll give you $500.

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Bay Area Bites Denise Lincoln Thy Tran Amy Sherman Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic wendygee cucina testa rossa Jennifer Maiser Kim Laidlaw Michael Procopio Meghan Laslocky shuna fish lydon