Award winning cookbook author
Award Winning Cookbook Author
Recipe Developer, Tester, and Editor
working independently and in collaboration with publishers,
book packagers, corporate brands, wineries, and chefs.
Silver Medal Award Winner Best Cookbook 2015 ~ Almonds, Recipes, History, Culture ~ Independent Publishers Awards
Winner of the Chronicle Books Award for Recipe Writing, Society for Professional Food Writers (SPFW)
Fellowship Award Recipient ~ Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at Meadowood Napa Valley
Food52 Contest All-star ~ Top 5 winners circle with most all-time wins
Food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer and stylist
Recipe developer, tester, and editor
working with publishers, book packagers, print and digital media,
chefs, wineries, and corporate brands.
Lynda Balslev
Lynda Balslev is an award-winning food, wine/spirits, and travel writer; editor and recipe developer based in the San Francisco Bay area. She is a frequent contributor to Marin Magazine and Wine4Food, and has written for NPR, Eating Well, Relish Magazine, Parade, and Culture Magazine, among others. Lynda authors the nationally syndicated weekly food column and blog TasteFood, a compilation of original recipes, photos, and stories inspired by food and travel. Lynda develops, tests, and edits recipes for corporate brands, cookbooks, and chefs, including more than 1,000 recipes for Weber® and wineries, including Silver Oak Cellars, Stone Edge Farm, and Simi. She was the exclusive recipe tester for the Stone Edge Farm Cookbook (IACP Best Cookbook 2014), the Stone Edge Farm Kitchen Larder Cookbook, and The Silver Oak Cookbook. Lynda co-authored the cookbook Almonds: Recipes, History, Culture (Silver Medal Winner Independent Publisher Awards), and authored The Little Book of Whiskey, The Little Book of Fika, and The LB of Charcuterie and cheese published by Andrews McMeel. Lynda is the recipient of the Chronicle Books Award (Recipe Writing) to the Symposium for Professional Food Writers and a Fellowship Award recipient to the Symposium for Wine Writers at Meadowood, Napa Valley.
A New England native, Lynda attended Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris. She remained in Europe for more than 15 years, living in Switzerland, England and Denmark, where she worked as a food writer and editor, a columnist for a Copenhagen-based magazine, and a culinary instructor and caterer. A corporate move brought Lynda and her family to Northern California in 2007, where she launched TasteFood and grew her business as a writer, editor, and recipe developer. Lynda's writing and photography have been recognized by many publications including the New York Times Diners Journal, the Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, and People.
