ANDREA STRONG

ABOUT
ME

STRONG
WRITING

I’m a journalist, a mom, an activist, and a wife, not necessarily in that order. 

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I cover the intersection of food, business, law and policy.

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I'm probably best known for The Strong Buzz, which I founded in 2003, one of the food industry’s first and more celebrated restaurant  blogs.

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I'm the founder of  The New York Healthy School Food Alliance, which aims to change school food in NYC.

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It's been crazy lately, and I have been reporting on the Coronavirus for Food & Wine. 

My cookbook with Akhtar Nawab entitled Good For You, comes out in Fall 2020 from Chronicle.

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My writing has gotten some recognition; I was included in The Best Food Writing of 2016 for the article I wrote, "Why Bakers Have Serious Mother Issues, and for Sloppy Joes for The New York Times in 2002. 

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Strong Writing is a full-service copywriting studio for restaurant, hospitality, and food & beverage businesses. We write everything you need to engage with your customers, including: 

• Origin story

• Chef, partner, and team bios

• Newsletters and communications 

• Web copy, and more... 

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Email me to learn more!

EVEN MORE CLIPS

• How to Stock your Kitchen for the Coronavirus, Food & Wine, February 28, 2020

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• Is Pasta a Vegetable and other USDA Roll Backs to School Lunch Regulations, Food & Wine, January 22, 2020

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• Curtis Stone Fights Fires in Australia, Heated, January 15, 2020

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• NYCHA Incubates Food Entrepreneurs
  NPR, The Salt, May 10, 2019

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• Are NYC Public School Lunches Feeding the Health Crisis?

         Heated, April 30th, 2019

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• Seat Me, Please? Why Restaurants Won’t Seat You Without a Complete Party, Skift Table, July 10, 2018
   

• The Problem with Putting Your Name on a Restaurant
  Eater NY, Feb 20, 2018
   

• Trump Is About to Make Tip-Pooling Legal Again. Here’s What That Means for Restaurant Workers
  Eater National, Dec 5, 2017
   

• Non-Compete Agreements Can Be Crippling for Chefs             Eater National, Oct 13, 2017

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• How One Chef Is Making Ugly Duckling Fish Destination Worthy
  Eater NY, Sept 26, 2017
    

• Meet the NYC Restaurateur Who Should be on Everyone’s Radar
  Eater NY, Sep 7, 2017
   

• Fancy Snacks Are Having a Moment. Venture Capital Wants In
  Eater National, Sept 6, 2017
   

• How New York Restaurants Are Embedding Social Change in Restaurants
  Eater NY, Aug 17, 2017
   

• The Beef Jerky Revolution is Upon Us
  Tasting Table, Apr 24, 2017
   

• The Way to Save the Restaurant Industry? Put the Fast in Fine Dining
  Food Republic, Jan 23, 2017
   

• Ditch the Knives, Spoon Cheese is Here
  Taste Cooking, Dec 7, 2016

• How Can Restaurants Fix the Staffing Crisis
  Food Republic, Nov 14, 2016
   

• Why Are So Many Great NYC Restaurants Closing? It's Not Just the Rent
  Food Republic, Sept 8, 2016
   

• The New Combo Meal: Real Estate Bets On Restaurants To Create Community
  Food Republic, Aug 11. 2016
   

• Restaurateurs React To New York’s $15 Minimum Wage With All 5 Stages Of Grief
  Food Republic, May 25, 2016
   

• Dirt Candy Chef Amanda Cohen Cooks Mothers and Daughters Dinner
  Taste Talks, May 4, 2016
   

• Why Serious Bakers Have Mother Issues
  Serious Eats, August 18, 2015
   

• Is Mom in the Kitchen? The Challenges of Being a Chef & a Mother
  Open for Business, July 27, 2015
   

• Meet the Millers: Three Bakers Revolutionizing Artisan Bread
  Saveur, June 1, 2015
   

• Burn Your Food
  Saveur, May 12, 2015
   

• How Num Pang Created the Greatest Sandwich on Earth
  Edible Manhattan, March 4, 2014
   

• Andrew Knowlton Will Fly for Food
  Edible Brooklyn, September, 2013
   

• An Ode to Sloppy Joe, a Delicious Mess
  The New York Times, Oct 9, 2002

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