Photo
was taken a few years ago (6 years ago), and I'm now getting some white
hairs. I guess I'll have to update the photo one of these days to
my "older" look! I'm not in a hurry to do this!
Linda
Stradley is a cookbook author, culinary historian, web site
editor, and internet entrepreneur who has been publishing her
culinary website What's Cooking America
since 1997.
Linda is the
author of two cookbooks -
What's Cooking America
and
I'll Have What They're Having: Legendary Local Cuisine
.
The web site is a continuation of her first
cookbook also called What's Cooking America, which she
co-authored with her friend Andra Cook of Raleigh, North Carolina. She
is a member of the Portland Culinary Alliance (PCA) and the International Association of
Culinary Professionals (IACP).
Her website, What’s
Cooking America, is a family-friendly culinary portal
to the web which enjoys thousand of visitor each day. Her food
articles and cooking history information appear in newspapers &
magazines worldwide.
Linda considers her website a "work in
progress," and is always working to make it better.
Linda and her husband, Don, live in Oregon where
they have a vineyard and a small boutique
winery.
Linda Stradley, a native north westerner, was raised in Longview, Washington and now
lives in Newberg, Oregon. Linda says,
"My
mom was a great cook, but she cooked the typical foods of the 50's of overcooked meat and
vegetables. It wasn't until I really got interested in cooking for my family that I
discovered the wonders of great food using simple fresh ingredients! I also discovered the
love of eating and the problems of weight gain!"
Linda has always had a fascination with history. Put this together with her love of good
food and you have a culinary historian. Linda says,
"The research of the origins of foods of America
have become an obsession when being introduced to new foods." Traveling with her husband, Don, all around our wonderful
country, she always combines her pursuit of pleasure and eating with the pursuit of new
foods and their history.
Linda has appeared on approximately twenty-five local and national
television shows during her national book tours of the United States.
Her daughter, Nancy Harman, produces and directs a local public
television show where Linda demonstrates her culinary cooking knowledge.