Alissa Fitzgerald
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Alissa Fitzgerald is a food & spirits writer and chef with over 15 years of culinary experience. She graduated from The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts in MA with a culinary degree and then worked as a catering chef in San Francisco, line cook and cooking instructor in Brooklyn as well as on yachts in Croatia. She’s developed recipes for Real Simple and Insider, worked as a Food & Beverage Editor for Black Book Magazine and is an avid supporter of people who cook in any capacity.
You can find more of her work on GQ, VinePair, Forbes, The Observer, Travel + Leisure, Real Simple, The Kitchn, and Insider. Most days you can find her alternating her time behind a cutting board and a computer. Follow her at @alissa_explainsitall for all things food and drink.
Experience
Alissa is a trained chef with a particular love for whole animal butchering and live fire cooking as well as any, and every, seasonal vegetable. She even likes the unpopular ones.
Alissa is a yoga instructor who has been practicing for over 25 years and likes to keep things moving and work with products that combine form and function.
Alissa travels often and will eat almost anything, whale blubber and fermented lamb included.
Education
BA Magna Cum Laude from University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Professional Chef's Certificate with Honors from The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts
About Serious Eats
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