About Jennifer

Jennifer H. Matthewson is a writer, photographer, and entrepreneur based in the Pacific Northwest.

She is the founder, editor, and lead contributor at Daily Blender, a digital publication launched in 2008 covering food & wine, travel, and arts & culture. Content includes travel features within the U.S., Canada, Caribbean, and South America; coverage of special events like the James Beard Foundation Awards, Aspen Food & Wine Classic, NYC/SoBe Wine & Food Festivals, Cayman Cookout, Hawai’i Food & Wine Festival, Bourbon & Beyond, and Maui Film Festival; and exclusive profiles on Anthony Bourdain, Steven Soderbergh, Nichelle Nichols, Christopher Moore, Stefan Frei, Roy Choi, Stephanie Izard, and many others.

In addition to Daily Blender, Jennifer is a current writer for Explore.com covering luxury travel, culinary travel, and spas/wellness. She has previously contributed to BBC Travel, Delta Sky, Viator, BootsNAll, The Daily Meal, Cision, Northwest Palate, The Writer, Accidental Hedonist, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

She is also the author of “Career Diary of a Caterer,” her 30-day-in-the-life account as owner of an award-winning organic catering business in Portland, Oregon, utilized in culinary courses across the country since 2007.