Stephanie O'Dea

Stephanie O'Dea is an American blogger, New York Times best-selling author[1] and food writer, best known for slow cooking and mommy blogging. [2][3][4] She is mostly seen on Good Morning America[5] and The Rachael Ray Show.[6][7]

Early life and career

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, O'Dea graduated in 1999 in English literature from San Francisco State University. Soon afterwards, she married Adam O’Dea, a structural engineer; they have three children.[7] She started her career as a director in preschool centers at the Family Service Agency, for at-risk children.[8] She held that position up until 2003, before getting an opportunity to write a newspaper column called Steph and Sensibility for The Tracy Press.[9]

In 2007, she was seeking work from home opportunities to focus on her children and started working remotely as a headline editor for BlogHer.com and Bay Area Parent magazine.[10][11] While editing blog posts for these companies, she started her own blog on slow cooking recipes.[12] She founded and continues to operate the blog, AYearofSlowCooking.com formerly crockpot365.blogspot.com.[13][14][15] She continued to work for Bay Area Parent magazine and as a headline editor for BlogHer.com until 2010, before focusing completely on her websites and writing.[16]

O'Dea saw success with the launch of her first book Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: The Big Book of Everyday Slow Cooking in October, 2009.[3] The cookbook was listed for six weeks on The New York Times best-seller list.[2][17] In 2012, her website, A Year of Slow Cooking, landed the number three spot on the most influential Food Blog by Cision.[18][19] She has been featured in Real Simple magazine, Woman's World, Oprah.com, and ABC.com.[13] O'Dea is an editor of Simply Gluten Free magazine and the founder of The Gluten Free Search Engine.[20][21] In 2010, she was featured in the Ninja Cooking System infomercial as a slow cooking expert.[22]

Bibliography
  • 2009. Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: The Big Book of Everyday Slow Cooking. Hachette U. p. 48. ISBN 1401394825.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Totally Together: Shortcuts to an Organized Life. Berkley Books. 2011. p. 171. ISBN 0425241629.
  • More Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: 200 Brand-New, Budget-Friendly, Slow-Cooker Recipes. Hachette UK. 2010. p. 320. ISBN 1401396488.
  • 365 Slow Cooker Suppers. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2013. p. 336. ISBN 1118230817.[23][24]
  • Real Moms Making Real Money Blogging At Home In Their Pajamas (The Mommy Blogger Next Door). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 112. ISBN 1505696526.
  • Going Gluten Free Without Going Crazy: Surviving and Thriving Gluten-Free. p. 38. ASIN B00XKLD0PI.
  • Five Ingredients or Less Slow Cooker Cookbook. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2015. ISBN 0544284224.[25]

References
  1. "Slow-Cooker Tips Every Home Cook Should Know". Huffington Post. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. Anya Sostek (25 March 2015). "Author Stephanie O'Dea shows moms how to blog for bucks". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. Max Ehrenfreund (23 January 2015). "The unfulfilled promise of the Crock-Pot, an unlikely symbol of women's equality". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  4. FAITH MIDDLETON, LORI MACK & JONATHAN MCNICOL (19 October 2013). "365 Easy Slow Cooker Suppers". Wnpr.org. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. "Stephanie O'Dea's Slow Cooked Chile Verde". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  6. "Stephanie O'Dea's Slow Cooker Chipotle Pork Soft Tacos". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  7. "Stephanie O'Dea". Cookstr. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  8. "Children's waiting room at Superior Court". The Almanac. 17 May 2000. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  9. "Episode 3: Mir Kamin of WouldaShoulda.com & WantNot.net". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  10. kwgn (11 August 2013). "Parents worry about provocative clothing aimed at tweens". CNN. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  11. Kelly Wallace (10 August 2013). "Too hot for tweens: Why some parents dread back-to-school shopping". Abc15. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  12. Betty Shimabukuro (5 January 2011). "Slow cooking local style". Star Advertiser. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  13. "Stephanie O'Dea's Biography". ABC News. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  14. Melissa Gray (9 January 2014). "Slow Cook Your Way To The Colonel's Secret Recipe". Npr.org. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  15. Addie Broyles (28 September 2013). "Recipe of the week: Buttermilk Brined Chicken". Statesman. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  16. "Working From Home With Small Children in the House". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  17. "About the Best Sellers". NY Times. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  18. "Top 50 Food Blogs". Cision. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  19. Max Ehrenfreund (6 February 2015). "The unfulfilled promise of the Crock-Pot, an unlikely symbol of women's equality". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  20. "Stephanie o'Dea". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  21. "How Stephanie O'Dea Turned Her Crock-Pot Cooking into a Best-Selling Career". Thekitchn. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  22. "Introducing: The Ninja Cooking System". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  23. Elizabeth Pudwill (22 June 2015). "Slow cooking not just for cool-weather fare". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  24. Tara Donne (7 January 2014). "Slow Cooker Buttermilk Brined Chicken". Parade. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  25. Lucy Maher (9 October 2015). "Best of the Season: the best slow cookers to buy this weekend". Today.com. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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