Kristine
Kidd, a noted food writer, culinary educator and former
food editor for Bon Appétit magazine, has been
named food editor for the Monterey Bay Aquarium and
its Seafood Watch program.
This
follows last fall's announcement that award-winning Napa Valley
chef and restaurateur Cindy Pawlcyn, founder
and creator of Mustards Grill and other noted Bay Area
restaurants, was selected to manage the culinary experiences
for the aquarium's self-service café, full-service restaurant
and private event catering.
In
her new capacity as aquarium food editor, Kidd will create,
test and edit monthly sustainable seafood recipes for the aquarium
website (www.montereybayaquarium.org),
including collaborations with noted chefs from across North
America to make certain their delicious recipes will work well
for the home cook.
Kidd
will also be on the program for the annual Cooking for
Solutions celebration at the aquarium from May
20-22 (www.cookingforsolutions.org),
demonstrating recipes from the newest of her eight Williams-Sonoma
cookbooks, Weeknight Fresh and Fast, in a Salon Series
presentation on Saturday, May 21.
Her
first recipes for the aquarium feature Arctic Char with Fennel
and Orange, and Cod Chowder with Yukon Gold Potatoes and Kale.
These, and the celebrity chef recipes that Kidd prepares and
tests, can be found at www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/recipes/.
As
Bon Appétit magazine's food editor and food trends expert
for 20 years, Kidd was responsible for developing recipes for
the magazine - often the cover dishes - and writing a monthly
column.
She
has judged cookbooks for the Julia Child Cookbook Awards, and
is a frequent guest on radio and television, including appearances
on "The Next Food Network Star," "Home Cooking
with Amy Coleman," "The Home Show," and "The
Main Ingredient." She also served on the board of directors
of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP)
and Careers through Culinary Arts Programs (C-CAP).
Kidd
teaches cooking in southern California and blogs at kristinekidd.com.
In her writing and her teaching, she is a strong advocate for
sustainable sourcing of food from land and sea. To prepare home-cooked
meals, which she does most nights, she shops at Los Angeles
farmers' markets every weekend, and uses local and sustainable
ingredients whenever practical.
The
mission of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is to
inspire conservation of the oceans.