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About Jenn Press Arata

Dec24

As a former red carpet reporter for Life and Style Weekly Magazine, I’ve interviewed my fair share of celebs, but it wasn’t until I started working for Food Network’s Iron Chef America and Chopped that I felt truly in awe. Watching these passionate chefs share their love on a plate made me realize this was exactly where I wanted to be.

Although, how I became a foodie dates all the way back to my childhood.

Born a Jersey girl, I grew up with an appreciation for the nearby NYC culture of cuisine, and I currently reside in Fairfield, CT, another wonderful restaurant mecca I enjoy tasting my way through.

That’s SO Jenn combines my three greatest joys in life: Eating, writing and entertaining.

My other main loves include the world’s greatest husband, taste-tester, dinner date and friend who I consider the champagne to my chocolate,

                 

and our puppy Mojito, named after Barcelona Wine Bar’s incredible muddled mint cocktail.

Some people eat to live, but I have always lived to eat. So pull up a chair, grab a fork and join me on my multiple course journey through food.

Editor’s note: All That’s SO Jenn’s recipes are original, unless otherwise noted.

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Want to be in touch? I would love to hear from you!

E-mail That’s SO Jenn: thatssojenn@gmail.com

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About That’s SO Jenn

Dec24

“When you come to a fork in the road, pick it up and eat.”

Once I realized how many people ask me for suggestions on where to dine, and the fact that I posted more photos on Facebook about food than people, I knew I had to do something bigger. Whether it’s featuring a new recipe I’ve tried, a restaurant that just opened, an interview with a chef, a happy accident in cooking or a spotlight dish of the week, I will hand you our little food community on a silver platter.

While not everything I’ve tasted has been my favorite meal, I understand what it’s like to put your heart and soul into something so I will focus my energy on highlighting the best of the best. Therefore, everything posted on this sight will have the That’s So Jenn official stamp of approval.

I personally don’t want to read why I shouldn’t eat something, but rather why I should. Those descriptive details of the five senses of food can make you experience a meal just by reading about it, and that’s how I want to interact with my foodie friends. I want to get the goods behind a restaurant, the motivational stories, the heart behind a dish and find out why these chefs and restauranteurs do what they do.

We’re so fortunate in this world not just to have food, but to have great food, and to have food that is literally handcrafted artwork to so many who put it out there. Every plate tells a story and it’s my goal to find out just what that story is.

Contact: thatssojenn@gmail.com

Editor’s note: All That’s SO Jenn’s recipes are original, unless otherwise noted.