Sheri Wetherell
Hello! I'm the co-founder and CEO of Foodista.com, and creator of the International Food Blogger Conference (IFBC). I grew up surrounded by food on both sides of my family. My paternal grandmother owned a diner for many years, and my maternal grandmother (and mother of five daughters) was always found in the kitchen baking or whipping up garden-fresh tomato juice. My mother instilled in me the importance of healthy, wholesome eating and fed the entire family homemade soups, breads, and fresh carrot juice. Through my grandmothers, mother, and numerous travels overseas, I developed my love of food. I honed my palate and taste for travel by hopping planes with my airline pilot father, spent nearly a year studying in Italy and traveling in Greece, and taught English in Tokyo for three years. My professional background is in traditional and online marketing, where I worked for companies such as Amazon.com, Microsoft, Nordstrom, and eBay. With Foodista.com I have finally found my true passion - immersion in the world of food. I'm also the proud mama of daughter Emery.
Cheers!
Organization memberships:
Les Dames d'Escoffier - Seattle Chapter
International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP)
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Posts by Sheri Wetherell
January 18, 2009
Normally tagines are long-simmered dishes, but when your hungry belly can't wait, or you simply don't have the time, you can make them relatively fast. We threw this tagine together with...
January 17, 2009
About 25 years ago my family went on a glorious ski trip to the Italian Alps, our hotel room nestled at the base of the stunningly spectacular Matterhorn. We heard you could ski across the border...
January 16, 2009
Photo: Laurel Fan They're funny looking, but ever so delicious! Jerusalem artichokes, also called sunchokes, look a bit like ginger, but oval, and taste like a cross between a fingerling potato and...
January 14, 2009
Don't you love when you cook something for the first time and find, upon taste testing, that it needs no tweaking? You just get it perfect, right from the get-go. That's what we experienced...
January 14, 2009
For such an amazingly good dish it has such a pessimistic name: malfatti. In Italian, malfatti translates to "bad made." That doesn't sound very promising, does it? Kind of like the...
January 13, 2009
Nothing fills your hungry belly quite like a delicious slice of banana bread hot out of the oven. To me, the more moist and chunkier, the better. Have a warm wedge in the morning with your coffee or...
January 12, 2009
I love hosting cocktail parties, and the best advice I was given from a catering master for hosting such parties was this: make half of your hors d'oeuvres and buy half. Brilliant! All too often...
January 9, 2009
Nestled in a little cubby hole-sized piece of Pike Place Market is the Market Grill, one of our favorite stops for fresh-out-of-the-water salmon sandwiches. Grilled to perfection, the salmon (or...
January 6, 2009
I'm ashamed to say that my gifts to Barnaby this year were a bit self-serving: a fancy waffle iron and an outdoor electric smoker. So far he's like a kid in a candy store. Smoking trout,...
January 5, 2009
My mom always taught me the importance of colorful food. She never would have served potatoes with, say, cauliflower. As a result, I find myself adding or subtracting dishes from my menu based on...
January 4, 2009
Barnaby loves himself a good kimchi. The stinkier and more sour, the better. I must say, I'm right there with him. After living in Japan and traveling in Korea I, too, developed a fondness for this...
January 3, 2009
I'm not a big grappa fan. I've tried to like it, just as I've tried to like Scotch, vodka martinis and other "high octane" beverages. I simply cannot seem to acquire the taste. I was always told, "It...
January 2, 2009
You know those beautiful little artisan goat cheeses you see in fancy food stores? The ones that are about the size of a smashed golf ball and cost about $8? They're so pretty with their dainty...
January 2, 2009
On cold winter nights in Tokyo I loved nothing more than sliding my legs under the warm kotatsu table and enjoying a big pot of nabe. Nabemono (or simply nabe) is a Japanese dish that is also known...
December 30, 2008
Admittedly, these photos are not the most enticing or even remotely appetizing. But before you ask why, pray tell, is she showing me a massive unappealing chunk of fat in a pot, bear with me. It's...
December 29, 2008
Hasselback potatoes are a Swedish creation, named after the Stockholm restaurant - Restaurant Hasselbacken - that served them back in the 1700s. They are made from whole potatoes that are peeled and...
December 25, 2008
For as long as I can remember we've always had crab cioppino on Christmas Eve. It was a tradition started by my Grandma Ida, and one that I have vowed to continue in my own home since she passed...
December 23, 2008
I discovered limoncello years ago in Italy and have been hooked ever since. But I'd never heard of Limoni di Sicilia, a lemon liqueur made by Averna, an old well-known Italian brand. The kind folks...
December 22, 2008
There's an old cliché that says, "People who like politics and sausage shouldn't watch either being made." I watched Barnaby make the latter yesterday and I can attest that...
December 20, 2008
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Do you really know why we celebrate this day? Most Americans do not. Here's why: because it gives Americans just one more day to get their drink on. Or so it appears that...
December 19, 2008
I'm usually at a loss when ordering in an authentic Vietnamese restaurant. Other than pho or salad rolls I'm just not well-versed in this delicious cuisine, but I'm quickly learning. Usually I end...
December 18, 2008
I was going to write about food today, being a food blog and all, but since our launch yesterday we've been getting amazing response and coverage from our fellow food bloggers! I thought it...
December 17, 2008
After a long but fun year of planning, designing, dreaming and building we are finally proud to present the fruits of our labor! Foodista.com - The Online Cooking Encyclopedia Everyone Can Edit....
December 16, 2008
We're all busy this time of year. On top of the craziness of the season some of us are plagued by colds and longer commutes due to icy roads, are frantically wrapping up the 4th quarter at work, or...
December 14, 2008
We just may have a white Christmas after all here in Seattle. It snowed last night and the streets are covered in a beautiful thin blanket of white. It probably won't last so we're enjoying it while...
