Media featuring Marla & Family Fresh Cooking
“Marla Meridith is a down-to-earth Martha Stewart–with a lot more adventure.” Skinny Mom
“In reading Marla’s blog, Family Fresh Cooking, one thing comes through on the first page: her incredible energy! Part “energizer bunny” and part healthy-lifestyle cheerleader, Marla truly gets you fired-up and excited about eating and living healthier!” Half Hour Meals
Latest
- Cooking with Trader Joe’s Easy Lunchboxes cookbook photographer and stylist
- Perfect Weddings Magazine UK & Ryan Seacrest blog feature Spring Bouquet Popsicles
Awards
- Babble Top Health Conscious Food Blog 2012
- Babble Top 100 Mom Food Bloggers 2012
- Babble Top 100 Mom Food Bloggers 2011
A Few Brands I Work With
- Attune Foods
- Four Seasons Hotels
- Redwood Hill Farm
- Scharffen Berger Chocolate & TuttiFoodie
- Switzerland Tourism Board
- Visit Telluride
Speaking Engagements
- IFBC 2011 Panelist. Santa Monica, LA
- Techmunch 2011 Panelist. Santa Monica, LA
- Fresh Summit 2011 Produce Marketers Association, Panelist. Atlanta, Georgia
- Syracuse University Alumni Series Campus visit: alumni speaker. Blog: A Journey Back
- BlogHer Food ’10 Panelist Re-cap post
Television
- Bridge Street Syracuse, NY. WSYR Channel 9, ABC affiliate – Cooking Demo.
Print Media
- Food Blogging for Dummies | Page 15 feature
- Parenting Magazine ”Fiesta Lunch” article
- Peko Peko Charity Cookbook for Japan Matcha Green Tea Muffins
- yum food and fun for kids magazine Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies Spring 2011
- yum food and fun Family Fresh Cooking featured in “Online Favorites” December 2011
- yum food and fun for kids magazine feature Fiesta Pasta October 2010
- No Whine With Dinner Cranberry Pear Applesauce featured in the cookbook
- ParentingOC magazine Featured as one of “The Blogging Queens.”
Interviews & Features
- Mangoes and Chutney The Tuesday 13 Interview
- Food Blogging for Dummies | Page 15 feature
- Visit Telluride Circle K Dude Ranch
- Bon Appétit 10 Best Quinoa Recipes from Around the Web
- Harvard Common Press 10 Pies for Mikey
- The Huffington Post Panera Dream Day | Blueberry Lemon Muffins
- Chef Marcus Samuelsson Blog Recipe Posts
- Ile de France Cheese feature our Get Grillin’ event & on their blog
- The Daily Orange Syracuse University hosts Marla back as alumni speaker
- Dishin’ In the Kitchen Interview with Marla Meridith “Fun, Colorful, Healthy”
- Gourmet Live Thanksgiving Recipe Round-Up
- PBS Parents Virtual Thanksgiving Dessert Table
- Betty Crocker Halloween 2010 “Cereal Spookacular Creations” Cheerios & Chocolate Halloween Tarts
- Orange County Mom’s Blog Articles written by Marla about being a mom in the OC
- Simple, Good & Tasty ”Kid Friendly Meals: It’s All About Packaging”
- Glamour Magazine Online Vitamin G: Daily Health and Fitness Blog Slimming Citrusy Soda
- groOrganic Family Fresh Cooking HIGHLIGHTS groOrganic
- Half Hour Meals Featured Community Member Marla
Photo Galleries
Trips & Events
- See more on my Travel Page
- New Orleans Seafood Marketing & Promotion Board
- Udi’s Gluten Free Foods & Nom Nom Natural Products Expo West
- Eat Pray Love Luncheon With food stylist Susan Spungen & producer Dede Gardner
- Dole Inaugural Food & Wellness Blogger Summit
- Baking with Betty General Mills & Betty Crocker Test Kitchens in MN.
- Orange County Fair Culinary Judge Summer 2010
- California Avocado Board Ciudad LA & Two Hot Tamales
- Incredible Egg Board a visit to the Hickman Egg Farm in AZ.
Workshops, Seminars & Conferences Attended
- evo’11 Conference Exhilarating mountain getaway
- Food Blogger Camp Cancun, Mexico | January 2011 | my brand sponsor Bard Valley Medjool Dates
- BlogHer Food ’10 & 2011 2010 re-cap post
- Camp Blogaway – Day Camp in LA | brand sponsor Bossa Nova
- Food and Light Photography Workshop Boulder, CO food styling & photo workshop
- LA Photography Workshop with Tartelette Helen Dujardin
- Food Blog Forum LA workshop | Steamy Kitchen, Matt Bites and White On Rice Couple
- Camp Blogaway attended 2010 & 2011
- BlogHer Food San Francisco 2009 Marla’s 1st food blogger event
Contests
- Alexia French Fry Challenge 4 part series
- Zespri Kiwi Semi Finalist New Zealand Kiwi Adventure
- Pom Wonderful – Coach’s Oats Recipe Battle 2010
Collaborative Blogger Events
- Project Lunch Box Creator of this ongoing event
- Remembrance Cakes Creator of 9/11 Bake to Remember
- Get Grillin’ 6 week summer grill event concepted and hosted with Cookin’ Canuck
- Share Our Strength contributor to Food Bloggers Bake Sale 2011
- Peko Peko a charity cookbook for Japan
- Share Our Strength Virtual Holiday Dinner Party 2010 – Blogger Fundraiser
- TheMotherhood Placating Picky Eaters
- Blackmarket Bakery Organizer of promotional event for OC bakery.
- Stonyfield Farms Yogurt Recipe Battle ’10 Organizer & creator of food blogger recipe battle
- Share Our Strength contributor to Food Bloggers Bake Sale for charity 2010
Guest Blog Posts
- Breakfast Favorites by Marla Rosa’s Yummy Yums
- Friday Fun: Blogger Swap Averie Cooks
- Indian Simmer Loves Family Fresh Cooking Indian Simmer
- Crushing on Marla Meridith FoodieCrush
- Gluten Free Baking with Family Fresh Cooking i am baker
- A Medley of Family Fresh Cooking Lite Bite
- Healthy Snack Ideas Epicurean Mom
- Hanging with Georgia Georgia Pellegrini
- Little Bites for Little Ones The Reluctant Entertainer
- Five Happy Whole Food Ingredients Tidy Mom
- Daily Benchmarks Through Food The Creative Mama
- Simple Organic Homemade Halloween Treats (No Trick) post
- Robyn Webb’s Fabulous Food Finds Sweet’s For a Sweet Life post
- Good Bite 10 Simple Summer Entertaining Essentials post
- Simple Organic Organic Homemade Snack Foods: Crunch with Style post
Twitter Parties
- Family Food Chat Marla & Alison Lewis Ingredients Inc. host a 2X monthly food chat
- Scharffen Berger Panelist Winter Holiday Chocolate Recipe Chat
- #cookchat Twitter Party guest moderator for Tailgate themed online chat













