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Janice Nieder

Janice Nieder could be the love child of Indiana Jones and Julia Child. She was a specialty food consultant for 12 years in New York, with a client list that included Tavern on the Green, Dean & Deluca and Sign of the Dove. After being bitten by the travel bug, her culinary adventures took her to over 65 countries, where she shared a smoked monkey dinner with a generous Shuar Indian family deep in the Amazon Jungle; helped Ethiopian tribal woman bake injera bread on hot stones in 108 degree heat; and crashed a wedding feast in Pakistan, where she was wined and dined by over 200 men - and no women. Last year, she mistakenly bought camouflage clothes to participate in a week-long truffle hunting safari in Marche, Italy, never tiring of the decadently delicious fungi feasts. To keep things in balance, Janice also enjoys writing about spas, fitness, local crafts and culture. Her articles have appeared in International Travel News, Runner's World, San Francisco Journal for Physicians, Slow Food USA, San Francisco Professional Food Society News, Business Women's Journal, Norway Post, Airline magazines and numerous websites. But her real passion is working with underdeveloped countries to protect their cultural identity by preserving their traditional foods and cooking methods. To this end, Janice has written numerous articles about her culinary discoveries, assisted local producers with bringing their products to market, and consulted with tourism and business leaders on developing and promoting local farmers markets, cooking classes, and culinary tours. Janice has received San Francisco's Community Leadership Award of Excellence for her on-going work as the Volunteer Coordinator for C.H.E.F.S. ( Conquering Homelessness Through Employment in Food Service) a program she helped develop that provides culinary and job skill training for the homeless. She is also a leading member of the San Francisco Professional Food Society, Bay Area Travel Writers, and Slow Food.
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A little grafitti foodie FYI

Top 10 Flavor Pairings Announced for 2007 Are you feeling a little programmed? The Fashionistas dictate our hemlines, Hollywood spoon-feeds us our movie mantras ( I think we’ve reached about the end of the line with rooting for the underdog […]

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Malta Musing’s, Part 3

Malta Musings: Part 3: How’s The Food? The Maltese Kitchen Maltese cooking is a conglomeration of traditional recipes handed down, combined with the influences left behind of the many foreign dominations, as well as a nod to its neighbors, Sicily […]

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Malta Musings, Part 2

Malta Musings, Part 2: Where And What? Like many other Americans, we were a little unclear on Malta’s exact location. It is made up of three islands (Malta, Gozo and Comino). This turned out to be a blessing since we […]

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Malta Musings

Malta Musings, Part 1: Why Go? Malta is certainly not the easiest spot to travel to. There are no direct flights — although breaking up the trip with an overnight each way in London was quite enjoyable. Particularly if you’re […]

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Poleng Lounge

Hybrid Dining, Drinking & Dancing: The Poleng Lounge, San Francisco Again, the critics were right-on! (Not too suprising, since I have the highest respect for the SF Chron’s Michael Bauers’ taste buds.) For weeks I have been meaning to try […]

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Maybe if I pointed out…

Maybe If I Pointed Out The Aphrodisiac Properties of Chocolate? The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, CA I’m exhausted from dropping ever-so-subtle hints to my boyfriend about “How this would make a Valentine’s Day present that I would never forget,” and […]

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