I’m a freelance editorial consultant, creative project manager, writer, editor, and content strategist. I’ve worked with some of the biggest names in food media and hospitality.
I also publish the newsletter What Are We Having?, where I produce original recipes from contributing chefs and writers, offer expert tips & tricks for busy home cooks, and manage brand partnerships.
Let’s collaborate!
Projects
Publisher-Editor-Writer, What Are We Having? (Substack, launched 2024)
Contributing Editorial Producer, Food & Wine Best New Chefs Restaurant Guide (Food & Wine, digital, 2025)
Contributing Editor, The All-Time Eater 38 (Eater; print and digital, 2025)
Author, Eater: 100 Essential Restaurant Recipes (Abrams, 2023)
Editorial lead, Eater’s Best New Restaurants of 2023; 2022; 2021; 2019
Recent appearances and interviews: Cherry Bombe Jubilee, the Chef’s Assembley, the Milkken Institute’s Global Conference, Radio Cherry Bombe, This is TASTE, KATU TV, Cultured, Bloomberg Pursuits, Netflix’s Pressure Cooker.
Additional Copywriting Portfolio: advertisement; organic social; paid social.
Think we should work together? Drop me a line and let’s talk.
hdc @ hillarydixlercanavan.com
HDCollaborate LLC
Pasadena, CA