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Food & Beverage columnist for Motif Magazine from 2014-2021, 100+ articles can be found on my Author Page.
Print & Online Articles
Restaurant reviews, chef interviews, and food news for Hey Rhody Media Co (Providence Monthly, The Bay, SO Rhode Island, Hey Rhody Magazine) from 2019-2025, with multiple cover stories. (Example cover story: Think Global, Eat Local, pg 33-45).
“From Aleppo to Aleppo Sweets: The three-year journey from Syria to Bon Appetit’s Top 10, September 2019, Boston Globe.
“Just Beyond the Horizon,” February 2017, Newport Life Magazine.
“11 Food Festivals in RI to Play Your Trip Around in 2016,” January 2016, Rhode Island Red Food Tours.
“Letters without Words,” October 2015, Rhode Island Creative Monthly Magazine.
“Top Five Hot Chocolates in Rhode Island,” March 2015, Taste Trekkers: Foodies Who Travel.
Essays/Stories:
“April 20, 2013,” Past Ten, April 2023.
“First Fruits: Writing as an Act of Worship,” Brevity Blog, March 2020.
“February 26, 2010,” Past Ten, February 2020.
“Failure, A Re-Vision,” Brevity Blog, October 2019.
“On a Train Ride to Colombo,” The Sunlight Press, August 2019.
“The Greek Table,” (republished with permission from Vagabond Magazine), Wanderlust Journal, October 2018.
“The Greek Table,” Vagabond Magazine, November 2016.
“How a Writing Workshop in Greece Changed My Life,” Kiss From the World, February 2016.
“It’s Greek To Me,” International Writers Blog, Brown University, November 2015. (republished with permission here.)
“Finding Providence,” Cornerstone Magazine, Brown University, Fall 2015.
“Inked Lines from a Foreign Land,” Handwritten, July 2015.
“Wanted” (a six word story). Haunted Waters Press, From the Depths (Penny Fiction), Summer 2014.
Oral Histories:
“Dolphin Tales.” Oral History Reader, Volume VIII (Dartmouth, 2010).
“Different Strokes: A Tennis Players’ Oral History.” Oral History Reader, Volume X, (Dartmouth, 2012).
Poetry:
“Hometown Poké.” The Tiger Moth Review, Issue 3, 2020.
“Gelato, Interrupted.” Quesadilla and Other Food Poem Adventures, Ed. Somrita Urni Ganguly, Hawakal Publishers, 2019.
“A Story of Fruit in Three Parts.” Quesadilla and Other Food Poem Adventures, Ed. Somrita Urni Ganguly, Hawakal Publishers, 2019.
“It’s not enough.” MALS Quarterly, Fall 2011.
“Silhouettes.” MALS Quarterly, Fall 2010.
Personal Blog:
Travel & Food Writer (formerly, “They Call Me Fushilou”) since 2010 at jennycurrier.com – archived now on Substack.
The Joyfulness Project in 2017 – daily blogs for the entire year, archived here.
Print Anthologies:
“Summer Smokin’: Local chefs take a New England approach to Southern-style smoked meats” (translated to Bulgarian), Опитай това (Try This). Ed Svetlozar Zhelev, Колибри, 2021.
“Little City Love Story: A Scotsman in a Red Fez,” Portable Joy Reader 2023. Ed. Eva McCollaum. CE Books, 2023.
Thirty-one daily Episcopal reflections, Forward Day by Day, July 2021, Forward Movement.
Tipplers: A Rhode Island Writers’ Anthology, Ed. Jenny Currier, CE Books, 2019
“Gelato, Interrupted” and “A Story of Fruit in 3 Parts.” Quesadilla and Other Food Poem Adventures, Ed. Somrita Urni Ganguly, Hawakal Publishers, 2019.
“On Tennis,” Portable Joy Reader 2013. Ed. Eva McCollaum. CE Books, 2013.
Readings, Presentations, and Media Appearances
Interview with Eva McCollaum on Episode 72 of Pop Quiz Mc (YouTube), where we discuss writing, teaching, and comedy (June 2025).
“The Friend Request,” presentation at Pechakucha live speaking event; Theme: “Takes the Cake”; Providence, RI; June 30, 2021.
“What the Frontier,” presentation at Pechakucha live speaking event; Theme: “Whisky, Tango, Foxtrot”; Providence, RI; May 26, 2021.
Interview with Dennise M. Kowalczyk of Broadband, a blog and podcast to honor and champion women in business, speaking on being a writer (September 2020).
Interview with Amanda Knox of the Pembroke Center Oral History Project at Brown University, focusing on the 2020 fight against racial injustice and coping with COVID-19 (June 2020).
“How to Talk About Food,” presentation at Pechakucha live speaking event on International Pechakucha Day; Theme: “We are Providence”; Providence, RI; February 20, 2020.
Reading “Crazy Joey,” Little City Love Scene storytelling event; Theme: “Scary (but only funny scary, not dangerous scary), awkward, unusual Rhode Island dating experiences”; Providence, RI; February 10, 2020.
Reading “Welcome to the Circus,” Stranger Stories: A Live Lit Night of True Stories by Local Writers, November 21, 2019.
Interview with Steve Carroll and JP Camara on You Can Do It Do It (ycdi•di) podcast about people whose lives were transformed by trying something new, where we discuss becoming a writer (April 19, 2019).
Scholarships & Awards
- Nominated for a Rhode Island Press Association award (2025, 2024)
- Finalist for International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Food Writer Award in the category of Food Section of a City Magazine (2020)
- HippoCamp nonfiction writer’s conference scholarship recipient (2019)
- Writing Workshop with Pam Houston contest/scholarship winner (2019)
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