My decades-long writing career is a case study in versatility! My heart lies in the food and nature writing I do for my outdoors business, Eat Sleep Wild, and my personal essays about writing for Writer's Residence. Along the way I've also written for a wide range of sectors and verticals, largely built on my backgound in computational and applied mathematics. My most notable professional writing roles have included:
You can find a few of my favourite writing samples below.
Thanksgiving has long been associated with harvest feasting, but what to drink with the holiday spread? While food may normally form the focus for your drink...
Broad Bean Guacamole If you’re looking for a simple way to use broad beans this summer, follow Monica's lead and include them in a delicious guacamole –...
I am an ardent lover of cauliflower. And as a veggie lover who sidelines as a mathematician, a mathematical cauliflower is an extra special thing. Enter the ...
Tangy and sweet. So different. And yet, so good together. This is especially true of really bold blue cheeses like Gorgonzola, an Italian blue cheese noted f...
Fresh cranberries are often reserved for holiday cooking, but there’s so much more to these little red morsels of joy beyond cranberry sauce alone. In this r...
My Mum and I recently took a trip to Marrakech. It was our first time in Morocco and one of the things we looked forward to the most was the food. We both th...
Copse Hill Road in Lower Slaughter was voted the "most romantic street in Britain" in a recent Google poll. Next to that road is The Slaughters Country Inn, ...
A piece for France Today about Kate Hill
All too often, pubs fall into one of two camps: either they have a great atmosphere but terrible food, or they've got amazing food but feel more like a resta...
Peter and Jonray Sanchez-Iglesias haven’t had a quiet moment since taking over Casamia in 2009. The Michelin star was a nice start, but winning Gordon Ramsa...
Keeping up appearances in the age of the digital diner With over 38 million UK adults online, the web is becoming an increasingly important marketing tool f...
“Halfway to everywhere in the middle of nowhere” is how The Montague Inn describes itself. Indeed, this 18th century local hiding down the lanes of Somerset ...
Pop-up restaurants are sweeping the country, and chef Tara Hofman is riding the wave. Her business, Tara’s Table, takes the restaurant experience into peop...
The Second Floor Restaurant at Harvey Nichols has maintained consistently high standards (and two AA rosettes) since it opened. Leading the kitchen is head c...
Bath Spa University’s Creative Writing MA unlocks the writers within, says Monica Shaw Tania Hershman used to tell people she was “trying to be a writer”. T...
Woman cannot live on baguettes alone. So what’s a vegetarian to do in a country where fish, meat, and copious amounts of butter and cheese are par for the co...
LiveBuzz by Market Sentinel was a comprehensive social media monitoring and engagement tool designed for brands. It allowed businesses to track and analyze s...
This 2010 article for The Writer magazine introduced writers to online portfolios, guiding them on what to include to enhance their professionalism.
Originally published on Smarterfitter.com. "I consider the side dishes as important as the barbecue, and these sides should taste as good as the meat. I see...
