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Alice Knisley Matthias

About Me

Alice Knisley Matthias writes about food, family and education. Her work appears in The New York Times for Kids, Washington Post Kids and Food Network. Her book, "Tasty Snacks in a Snap!" is published by Scholastic for young readers.

She is a regular contributor for Parade covering food trends, product roundups, recipes, profiles and celebrity chef interviews. Her work for Boys' Life and Kids Discover has covered subjects like a Master Chef Junior finalist, music and theatre kids at work, how to make food from kitchen scraps and the science of yeast.

Other credits include an America's Test Kitchen cookbook, Eating Well, Highlights for Children, Redbook, Woman's Day, Good Housekeeping, Meatless Mondays and regional parenting publications.


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