In another era, Taylor Cocalis, the 28-year-old cofounder of Good Food Jobs, might have become a headhunter, making a killing brokering deals between seven-figure managers and large corporations.
Instead, Taylor graduated from Cornell’s school of Hotel Administration in 2005, received a Masters in Gastronomy from the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy’s Piedmont region, and then returned to the U.S. where the job-for-life concept, boasting good pay, security, and benefits, was already crumbling. Like other creative types who loved food and dreamed of writing about it, Taylor began to cobble together a working life around what she loves: Food and helping people. She tried retail and then, four years ago, co-founded Goodfoodjobs.com.
–Stephanie Deihl
Touch a star-fruit to see what the skin is like, smell the clementine, listen to the talkers on the train, watch the sunrise again and again. Food writing is all about the senses and the more you hone yours, the stronger your work will be.–Monica Bhide
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