Sharon Sanders

Center Valley, PA 18034 USA
Website: http://www.simpleitaly.com
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Professional Experience

I am an accomplished editor and author of "Cooking Up an Italian Life" with more than two dozen cookbooks that I have authored, ghosted, or edited. I'm a talented culinary educator, recipe developer, lifestyle/travel feature writer, features editor, and blogger. My passion is Italian food and life and am also experienced in Mediterranean, healthy eating and contemporary home cooking. My feature articles and recipes have been published in Women’s Health, Cooking Light, Food & Wine, Southwest Airlines Spirit, American Way, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post, and other national publications. I welcome the opportunity to work with writers, publications, and corporate clients to shape words that prove to be irresistible.

Expertise

Book Author
24 Years
Editor
15 Years
Reporter
30 Years

Specialty

Food
34 Years
Travel
34 Years
Lifestyle
30 Years

Industries


Newspaper - Local/Regional
32 Years
Book Publishing Consumer
13 Years
Other
30 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

30 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Rodale Books (10+), Dream of Italy (paid newsletter) (6-10), Women's Health magazine (3-5)

Other Work History

Chicago Sun-Times food reporter (10 years) and Deputy Features Editor (1 year) Rodale Books cookbook editor (3 years)

Foreign Language Skills

Italian

Computer Skills

Word, Basic Excel, Windows XP, Excel

Equipment

digital camera (Kodak 880)

Awards

Top Ten Best Travel and Food Blog 2009 (Tripbase) Certified Culinary Professional (through the International Association of Culinary Professionals)

Associations

International Association of Culinary Professionals

Showcase

Cookbooks, Editor or Co-Editor

Prevention's Freezer Cookbook
(Rodale 4/1/1998)
Quick Dishes For and From the Freezer
Eat Up Slim Down 2007
(Rodale 11/1/2006)
Jeanne Jones' Homestyle Cooking Made Healthy
(Rodale 8/1/1999)
200 Classic American Favorites
Fast Food Fix
(Rodale 4/18/2006)
Prevention's Low-Fat, Low-Cost Cookbook
(Rodale 4/1/1997)
Betty Crocker Supper's Ready
(Rodale 5/1/2008)
Easy complete meals for every weeknight of the year
Healthy Favorites from America's Community Cookbooks
(Rodale 8/1/1996)
More Than 200 Delicious, Family-Tested Recipes Selected by Prevention Magazine
Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker, Deluxe Edition
(Rodale 9/1/2008)
Eat Up Slim Down Annual Recipes 2008
(Rodale 11/1/2007)
Glycemic Index Cooking Made Easy
(Rodale 1/1/2007)
The Biggest Loser Cookbook
(Rodale 10/3/2006)
More Than 125 Healthy, Delicious Recipes Adapted from NBC’s Hit Show
Walk Off Weight Quick & Easy Cookbook
(Rodale 1/1/2010)

Italian food and culture

Montepulicano's Wine Cathedral
(Dream of Italy 3/1/2011)
A world of wine awaits under the ancient streets of this Tuscan hill town.
Celebration of Heritage
(Cooking Light 6/1/2004)
Old world habits foster healthy hearts and wonderful Italian food in the hill towns of eastern Pennsylvania.
The Ancient Republic of San Marino
(Dream of Italy 2/1/2011)
The ancient republic of San Marino, bordered by the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna and Le Marche in central Italy, is one of only two remaining independent city states on the Italian peninsula.
When in Rome
(Cooking Light 4/1/2003)
Nutrition expert Claudia Probart explores how the Mediterranean lifestyle translates into good health and sensual pleasures. (Cooking Light Profile reported from Rome)
SimpleItaly Loves Chicken
(1/11/2012)
"SimpleItaly Loves Chicken" ebook This collection includes more than 25 easy, authentic recipes plus ten variations for topping quick-cooking chicken scaloppine. Delectable ideas for family meals as well as more special occasions range from "Antipasti, Soups, and Salads" to "Pasta and Pizza Dishes"
Cooking Up an Italian Life
(PergolaWest, Inc. 5/1/2013)
Sharon Sanders brings "la vita bella" home with spirited stories of living, loving, and eating in Italy in the book that award-winning cookbook author Nick Malgieri writes will, "become a real classic of Italian cooking literature."
How to Make Lots of Dough
(Cooking Light 3/1/2000)
Techniques of making yeast dough for pizzas, breads and focaccia--with recipes
How to Make Great Pasta Dishes
(Cooking Light 9/1/2000)
Primer on how to cook and sauce pasta. Includes seven recipes
Off the Beaten Track in Monza
(Dream of Italy 8/1/2011)
While it is the Autodromo and the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix that have brought Monza international fame, the city boasts a rich history and splendid attractions beyond the race track. My group arrived in Monza after several days touring the idyllic Lake Como area and the towns of Como and Lecco that anchor the west and east legs of the lake. Monza is the main city of the small province of Monza-Brianza, long considered the serene country garden north of Milan.
Meandering Through a Corner of Le Marche: Pesaro e Urbino
(Dream of Italy 11/1/2011)
From coastal Pesaro, Rossini's birthplace, to hilltop Urbino, the ideal Renaissance city, Pesaro e Urbino province in Le Marche is verdant with nature, music, history, faith, food, and wine.
Capri's Shining Treasure: Villa San Michele
(Dream of Italy 11/1/2010)
The singular creation of Swedish-born physician Axel Munthe (1857-1949), Villa San Michele in the village of Anacapri includes a museum, gardens, and cultural foundation supervised by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome.
Sisters Share Their Private Puglia
(Dream of Italy 11/1/2009)
Sisters Cinzia and Marika--owners of Stile Mediterraneo Cooking School--Share Their Private Puglia.
SimpleItaly blog
(SimpleItaly 5/8/2013)
Celebrating Your Inner Italian. Welcome to all who embrace la vita bella. Even if we don't live in Italy, Italy lives inside of us. Come along as we get in touch with our Inner Italian and share the food, wine, culture, and daily pleasures of bel'Italia.
Yoga in Italy
(Dream of Italy 4/1/2010)
Italian Yoga Retreat: Saluting the Sun in Salento in Puglia, Italy.
Paestum
(Dream of Italy 8/1/2010)
Exploring the ancient Greek temples at Paestum, south of Naples, plus a review of two new Amalfi coast hotels and a fun new sightseeing bus.

Magazine articles: Healthy cooking

A Legacy of Soulful Food
(Cooking Light 5/1/2004)
Culinary professional Charla Draper learned much more than cooking from her mother and grandmothers. As a Mother's Day tribute, she lightens her family's favorite recipes.
Lovin' Spoonful
(Women's Health 11/1/2007)
Serve up these super-powered soups to ward off colds, build stronger bones -- even beat the blues
10 Foods, 40 Recipes
(Women's Health 5/1/2008)
Forty easy healthful recipes prepared from 10 pantry ingredients for the nutrition conscious contemporary woman
Get This Party Started
(Women's Health Magazine 1/1/2008)
Delectable, yet diet-conscious, appetizers for holiday gatherings

Cookbooks,Writer or Contributing Writer; Recipe Developer or Con

Drug Muggers
(Rodale 3/1/2010)
Which Medications are Robbing Your Body of Essential Nutrients—and Natural Ways to Restore Them
PREVENTION'S Flat Belly Diet! Cookbook
(Rodale 8/18/2009)
Diabeties Diet Cookbook
(Rodale 9/1/2007)
Homemade in Half the Time
(Rodale 3/1/2006)
The Food Substitutions Bible
(Robert Rose 9/1/2005)
Energy Forever
(Rodale 4/1/1998)
Eat Carbs, Lose Weight
(Rodale 9/1/2005)
The Church Supper Cookbook
(Rodale 8/21/2004)
Prevention's The Healthy Cook
(Rodale 9/1/1997)
The Spaghetti Sauce Gourmet
(Fairwinds Press 9/1/2007)
Fabulous Fat-Free Cooking
(Rodale 4/1/1997)
Viennese Desserts Made Easy
(Contemporary Books 4/1/1983)
Prevention's New Foods for Health and Healing:
(Rodale 9/1/1998)
The Belly Melt Diet
(Rodale 1/1/2012)
The 6-Week Plan to Harness Your Body's Natural rhythms to Lose Weight for Good!

Magazine articles: Cooking techniques

Serving Mom's Seviche
(Cooking Light 5/1/2004)
Chef Jose Garces shares variations of a childhood favorite with patrons of Philadelphia's Alma de Cuba.
How to Roast a Chicken and Rave
(Cooking Light 10/1/2000)
Primer on roasting techniques for chicken, beef, pork or lamb with recipes
How to Master a Grill
(Cooking Light 6/1/2000)
Primer on grilling techniques, with recipes

Online content

Can you please everyone at your holiday table?
(Panera 11/1/2012)
Simple options for creating a stress-free Thanksgiving meal.
Seven Menus for Spring Entertaining
(Panera 3/1/2013)
The Supper Club Solution
(Panera 9/1/2012)
Friends + Fun + Food = Supper Clubs
Love Your Heart with This Dinner
(Aviva 2/1/2013)
You'll fall in love with this heart-healthy, intimate dinner for two.

Cookbooks, Author

Cooking Up an Italian Life
(PergolaWest 4/1/2001)
Good Cook Club selection.
Slim Snacks
(Contemporary Books 9/1/1982)
Tasty, easy-to-prepare snacks made from whole foods. Book-of-the-Month Club® Selection