Suite101.com Gourmet Food Writer Jumps into Foie Gras Fray, Tackles Locavores and Stirs the Pot

August 26, 2006 – Vancouver, BC – Suite101.com proudly announces the addition of a new food writer, Jacqueline Church, a.k.a. The Leather District Gourmet, to the Suite101 team. The Gourmet Food site, located at http://gourmetfood.suite101.com, covers new products, hot topics and global gourmet trends. Ms. Church wasted no time bringing sharp focus to issues of the day, including Chicago’s foie gras ban and the local/sustainable food movement.

Following the gourmet zeitgeist, Ms. Church analyzes food news, shares recipes, and traces food memories. She provides provocative insights and offers enthusiastic help to readers. From basic cooking techniques to haute cuisine, her goal is to demystify the gourmet world and introduce readers to the joys of good food. Her column offers free articles, blog posts on timely news, and a discussion forum that delivers a steady flow of fresh information. In the forums, she answers readers’ questions, helps with recipes and creates a comfortable space to share challenges, successes and questions about food and cooking.

Ms. Church shares her expertise, writing in a voice that has quickly garnered national attention. She uses her love of gourmet food, her geeky obsession for knowledge and draws on her experience in the kitchen where she’s taught herself and others to cook. A freelance writer and gourmet cook residing in Boston, MA she has interviewed acclaimed chefs, reviewed cookbooks, been noted by editors and activists, and accumulated an international following of readers. Having declined post-college opportunities to pursue writing, she chose to practice law, became a Fortune 500 management consultant and rode the dot.com boom (and bust). Today, she is delighted to return to her passion for sharing the world of good food with Suite101’s community of readers.
About Suite101

Suite101.com is a private company owned by Burda Media Group, a 102-year-old family-owned German magazine firm with over $2 billion in annual revenues, and by four private investors, two of whom are in management at Abebooks.com. Attracting curious browsers in search of answers, news, tips, a good read, or a chat with like-minded groups, Suite101 offers primarily North American visitors quality content per click, covering topics ranging from entertainment, to home and gardening, to business and technology, to world affairs.

For more information about Jacqueline Church’s addition to the Suite101 team, please visit http://gourmetfood.suite101.com or contact the Food and Drink Editor @ foodanddrink@suite101.com or Phone: +1-604.682.1400