Emily Timberlake Democratizes Wine with Pop Culture
Emily Timberlake is a writer based in Oakland, California. She has written about food, wine, and pop culture for the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, TASTE, and more. She has more than a decade of publishing experience, most recently as a senior editor at Ten Speed Press, where she edited more than 60 books on food, wine, pop culture, and humor.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
Alexi introduces her guest, Emily Timberlake
Emily talks about her early days as a writer and why she was drawn to write about the food and wine industry
What inspired Emily to switch from doing editorial work to writing
Emily shares the early advice and pep talks she received from her mentors that helped chart her path as a writer
Emily reveals her visions for herself as a writer and how she thinks her writing has helped in the modernization of food and wine in media
What’s in store for the food and wine industry in pop culture?
Things you need to know about Emily Timberlake
Things that new writers need to keep in mind in order to succeed as a writer in the food and wine industry
In this episode…
The food and wine industry have been so used to receiving serious criticism and feedback from food connoisseurs, but what happens when they are thrust into the spotlight of people who eat just for the simple joy of tasting new flavors? This is what Emily Timberlake has been doing as she writes about the food and wine industry in a more fun and modern way.
Emily is a writer based in Oakland, California. She has written about food, wine, and pop culture for many distinguished publications but the thing is, she isn’t a food critic -- she just loves food!
Join her and Alexi Cashen as they talk about the early days of Emily’s career from an editorial assistant to a writer in the food and wine industry. They talk about how Emily envisions herself as a writer, the things she has learned from her mentors that brought her to where she is today and the things that budding writers need to keep in mind when they decide that food and wine are their niche of choice. Stay tuned.
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