Title: Contributing Writer Location: Denver, CO Experience: Colorado-based freelance writer Amanda M. Faison has chased stories about food, adventure, and culture for more than two decades. In addition to publishing stories in national titles such as Food & Wine, Sunset, Elle Decor, and Travel & Leisure, her ranch-to-plate feature “Soul Food,” was anthologized in Best Food Writing 2010. Faison has also edited four cookbooks and she is the former editor in chief of DiningOut Magazine. She’s an avid cook indoors and out and is always looking for ways to gather friends around a meal.
Colorado-based writer Amanda M. Faison spent 20 years as the food editor of 5280, Denver’s city magazine. She has published stories in national titles such as Sunset, Food & Wine, Cooking Light, Elle Decor, InStyle, and Travel & Leisure. Her ranch-to-plate feature “Soul Food” was anthologized in Best Food Writing 2010. She has also edited three cookbooks and has twice judged the James Beard Foundation’s annual cookbook awards.
Vawter the owner-chef of Rootstalk on the mountain town’s Main Street will turn the 16-year-old contemporary American restaurant into a casual Italian spot.