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 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.