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Krista Garcia

location-pin Portland, OR

School: Pacific Northwest College of Art

Expertise: Food News

Krista Garcia

  • 20 years working in media and eight years freelancing for brands like Taste Recipes and The Kitchn
  • Featured in a 2011 Elle magazine article on the lives of food bloggers when the craft was evolving from hobby into career
  • Published her food blog, Goodies First, for nearly two decades

Experience

Krista has had 20 years of media experience. For eight of them, she's been freelancing for various food and travel brands like Taste Recipes, Eater, The Kitchn and Fodor's. As a writer for Taste Recipes, Krista’s specialty has been sharing all the latest food news from new types of candy to restaurant updates to viral TikTok cooking hacks. A food blogger since the early 2000s, Krista founded the site Goodies First, although these days she's focused on the digital commerce space. At the same time her blogging days tapered off, Krista moved back to Oregon (where she grew up) after a long stint in New York City.

Education

  • Pacific Northwest College of Art, bachelor's in printmaking
  • Pratt Institute, master's in library sciences

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Articles & Recipes

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