Sugar Savvy

Cate O’Malley (Editor)
Write articles about sugary treats? No arm twisting needed here, I’m happy to make the sacrifice. In addition to writing for the various Well Fed sites, I combined my cookbook obsession and my love for the written word to form my own site, Sweetnicks. My site’s name comes from my 6-year-old son, Nicholas, who loves to help me in the kitchen almost as much as he loves Dora, Spiderman and his girlfriend.

Chris Arpante
Chris Arpante is a middle school administrator in metro Atlanta, Georgia. While she truly enjoys trying to make a different with her at-risk teens, her blog, Mele Cotte, is a way to bring out her love for food. As she continues on her personal culinary journey, she would welcome the chance to leave my public education heels in the main office and slip into a pair a Dansko clogs behind her own bakery display case. But, until then she will continue with her blogging, expanding her experiences on Sugar Savvy, Kids Cuisine, and Well Fed On the Town.Chris’ two loves are baking and candy. A self-diagnosed candy-a-holic, there is always some in her reach. Students love stopping her office to say hello and a piece of Willy Wonka’s wonderful brilliant confections.

Carrie Havranek
Carrie Havranek lives in Easton, Pennsylvania, which forms a right triangle between New York and Philadelphia. She is intrigued by the way culture allows you to examine the intersection of people, food, travel, customs, music, writing, film, art, and so forth. In the past dozen years, she has written for a number of different outlets, from the Village Voice, Paste, and Salon to niche publications such as Beverage World and Destination Hyatt. For the past three years she has been a contributor to Frommers.com, where she writes the global price index column, and is currently finishing up a book for Greenwood Press about women in rock.  You can learn a lot about a people and a country by what they indulge in when no one is looking, and so she’s always picking up a new candy bar when she travels. In the meantime, she’s part of a three-woman baking club, whose only mission is to bake what they’re curious about; recent forays include bread pudding and empanadas. Stay tuned: There’s been talking about blogging it, so a link may come soon.

Ashley Hinderman
I have always known I wanted to be a writer, even when I was 5 or 6. I started out writing poems to my mom and just grew from there, loving English class and writing journals. I currently freelance and am finishing up getting my Bachelor’s degree in Journalism.  I have loved candy since I could taste food! My favorite has always been Nestle Crunch. I put M&M’s in everything, like ice cream, popcorn, everything I can think of! So when I got offered to write for Sugar Savvy, I was estactic! I’m about to celebrate my one year wedding anniversary and can’t wait to try our frozen peice of chocolate wedding cake, but hey it’s tradition!

Faith Kramer
Faith Kramer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, but will always be a New Yorker at heart (at least until she loses the accent). She has eaten her way across England, France, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, Austria and Vietnam, as well as the U.S. and Canada, and even now is plotting at least three more trips. While she takes copious advantage of the fresh fruit and vegetable bounty available in California, her personal food pyramid consists of dark chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, milk chocolate, French jam and soup. She can be found blogging her food at Blog Appetit.

Rosa Li
Rosa is a college student who regularly reaches for sweets to keep her awake during late night study sessions and tedious lectures. While her friends and roommates may prefer to spend their disposable income on beer, nights out, clothes, and shoes, Rosa finds that much of her paycheck goes towards the purchase of candy (though shoes are pretty great too).

Sylvie Shirazi
I have a love affair with food. Learning about new and different foods is my passion, but my soft spot is most definitely for sweets. When I’m not creating or trying new recipes at home, I am on a hunt for the newest and best tasting candy, chocolate and other delicious treats, because I simply must know what everything tastes like! I currently live in Los Angeles, California which affords me a variety of opportunities to satisfy my culinary curiosity.