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About Linda
I began my professional career on the east coast with a Bachelor of Science degree in Foods and Nutrition. I took the creative route and landed a job working for a Westchester, New York new product and recipe development firm where I wrote recipes for everything from farmed Irish salmon to Cool Whip bunny cakes. While developing a line of desserts for a New York restaurant, I had an epiphany (the first of many): I wanted to create beautiful, delicious desserts. So, from there I studied with several renowned pastry chefs, worked a few upscale restaurants and soon afterwards opened a bakery in Danbury, Connecticut.
Ironically, at about the same time, I discovered a passion for fitness. After enduring locker room comments ("Who smells like cake?") over my conflicting interests, I decided to drop the bakery business and became a full-time personal trainer. I became certified with the American Council on Exercise, the National Academy of Sports Medicine and, most recently, the American College of Sports Medicine, and have worked as an in-home trainer since 1995.
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Now, over a dozen years later, both of my passions come full circle in my writing business, where I write and develop recipes for regional and national magazines including Woman's Day, Better Homes & Gardens, SELF, Heart-Healthy Living, Glamour, Natural Health, Oxygen, Muscle & Fitness Hers, Maximum Fitness for Men, Natural Solutions, Eating Well, Vegetarian Times and others. I am also a contributing writer/fitness editor of Her Sports magazine and an e-business columnist (for which my corporate-minded husband often contributes ideas) and contributing writer for OC Metro Magazine here in Orange County California.
I spend most of my days (after a morning workout) at my computer writing, interviewing and researching with my cat, Oreo, sitting on my desk.
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