Biography
The Wednesday Chef is written by me, Luisa Weiss, an editor, writer, and home cook living in New York City.
This website was started in August 2005 as a way of working through a mountain of recipe clippings from The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. Two years later, that pile doesn't seem to have gotten any smaller.
I grew up in Berlin with an American father and an Italian mother. This gives me all kinds of questionable authority on food, and the ability to speak several languages.
You can reach me at wednesdaychefAThotmailDOTcom.
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Press:
"highly amusing..." - The Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2006
"Two of America’s most notable newspaper food sections get a proper licking in this clever culinary blog. ...Whatever recipe Weiss takes on, she chronicles the outcome with an honest, no-holds-barred writing style. And in less than two years she’s gathered quite a loyal and vociferous readership. - Culinate.com, April 19, 2007
"The Wednesday Chef has such a unique angle. Weiss’ writing [is] is really enjoyable...[and] she is very honest. You can trust her. Weiss will be the first to tell you if something (gulp) does not impress." - MSN City Guides, August 2007
"My favorite of the moment is The Wednesday Chef...a New York writer who chronicles her attempts at cooking recipes clipped over the years from The New York Times and the LA Times. I admire how regularly and ambitiously she cooks and posts, usually with plenty of yummy pictures. Reading it is almost enough to get me through until the weekend, when I might be able to cook again." - Food & Wine, September 2007
"New York-based Luisa Weiss started this blog as a way of documenting her trawl through clippings of recipes from the New York and LA Times. A mix of recipes and humorous anecdotes - her boyfriend thinks he is pre-hypertensive so she reduces the salt to avoid confronting the issue of male hypochrondria - it's a charming blog packed with information (indeed, a whole 700 words about coleslaw)." - The Times of London, February 2009
Seen on:
Gourmet.com (Favorite Food Sites)
Epicurious.com
Yumsugar.com
Slashfood.com
Featured in
The Wall Street Journal
The South China Morning Post
The Times of London (#3 on the list of 50 of the world's best food blogs)
The Seattle Times
delicious Magazine
Heard on:
Tom Douglas's radio show
