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Img 4433 Suzanne Podhaizer

Suzanne Podhaizer

location-pin Burlington, VT

School: University of Vermont

Expertise: Recipe development; cooking techniques; baking; beer, wine & cocktails; gardening & plant care; grocery shopping; photography; foraging; fermentation; eating local; farm-to-table cooking

Suzanne Podhaizer

  • 20 years working as a professional food writer and editor with more than a decade of experience teaching cooking classes focused on seasonal ingredients
  • Owner and operator of Salt Cafe in Montpelier, Vermont, which received mentions in The New York Times, EveryDay with Rachael Ray, Yankee magazine and Smithsonian magazine
  • Food editor, then freelance writer for Seven Days newspaper
  • Winner of the AltWeekly Award for Best Food Writing in 2008
  • Cooked for artists from Octavia E. Butler's "Parable of the Sower" opera on retreat at the Ucross Foundation in 2019

Experience

Suzanne has been working in the food space as a chef, editor and writer for nearly 20 years. After earning her degree in food studies at the University of Vermont-Montpelier, Suzanne worked as the food editor of Vermont’s Seven Days newspaper and won a national award for her food coverage. Her next venture was a farm-to-table restaurant with a changing menu for which she developed hundreds of recipes. These days, she develops and shares all kinds of recipes and cooking techniques at Taste of Home, makes maple syrup and grows vegetables, mushrooms and edible flowers in Vermont. She’s also a traveling retreat cook and loves feeding artists to help fuel the creative process.

Education

University of Vermont, bachelor's in interdisciplinary food studies

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Articles & Recipes

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Spanish Omelet

Made with buttery golden potatoes and excellent olive oil, our Spanish omelet is simple and flavorful. Serve it with a crisp salad and crusty bread.
Frosted Lemon Tiramisu Cookies Exps Ft26 282632 Ec 0407 6

Lemon Tiramisu Cookies

These citrus-scented lemon tiramisu cookies are a sure-fire crowd-pleaser that will surprise as much as they delight. The cheerful yellow frosting is the proverbial icing on the cake ... or cookie!
Poor Man S Pudding Exps Ft26 282375 Ec 0408 5

Poor Man’s Pudding

Poor man's pudding is actually a sort of cake made by pouring a maple-and-cream syrup over a biscuit-like dough. Most of the creamy maple syrup is absorbed into the cake, but the rest forms a decadent caramel sauce as it bakes.