Rebecca Miller Ffrench is a cookbook author, recipe developer/tester, cooking instructor, and events planner with a deep passion for food, words, and people. Having worked in media and publishing for over 30 years at stellar companies like Condé Nast, Hearst, and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she has found a passion for collaborating with others, bringing their voices to the page. Rebecca works with her clients from a holistic perspective, considering their brand strategies as well as their storytelling and design goals to craft strong narratives. She thoroughly enjoys supporting her authors and shepherding them through the cookbook process, from proposal to finished book.
Rebecca studied culinary nutrition at The Natural Gourmet Institute (now a part of the Institute for Culinary Education), contributes to national publications, and has appeared on national television shows like Good Morning America and NBC’s Emmy award-winning Naturally Danny Seo. She also teaches an intensive cookbook writing course at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
AUTHOR • COOKBOOK COLLABORATOR • GHOSTWRITER • PROPOSAL WRITER
EDITOR • BRAND STRATEGIST • RECIPE DEVELOPER • RECIPE TESTER
The Upstate Table is a culinary studio and events space in Kingston, NY, where we host cooking workshops, corporate team-building dinners, brand events, book launches, and more. We also rent the studio for photo shoots and food media content development. We have a full studio and health-department certified commercial kitchen.
educational outreach & teaching
COOKBOOK WRITING INTENSIVE AT COLBY COLLEGE
Cookbook Writing Bootcamp is an intensive course Rebecca teaches annually at Colby College during Jan Plan (their signature four-week winter term). She developed the course to introduce students to the cookbook industry; it culminates in a printed book. Students also have the opportunity to meet top industry professionals while strengthening their own networking skills. The course takes place on the Colby campus in Waterville, Maine, and her culinary studio, The Upstate Table.
WINTER COOKING CREW WITH THE KINGSTON YMCA FARM PROJECT
A few steps from The Upstate Table, Rebecca's culinary studio in Midtown Kingston, NY, is an urban, educational farm called the Kingston YMCA Farm Project. They use organic growing methods to grow food for the immediate community. They sell hyperlocal fruits and vegetables at farm stands in the lobby of the Y. Their youth development program offers 14 to 18 year olds the opportunity to work on the farm, run the farm stands, and gain valuable employment experience while earning an hourly wage. During the winter months, Rebecca cooks with the youth crew in her kitchen. If you’d like to learn more about the program, visit their farmstand, or get more involved, check out https://www.kingstonymcafarmproject.org.