Carmen Varner

With Us Since
2023
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Location
San Diego, California
Expertise
Coffee, Fast Food, Fine Dining
  • Carmen often focuses on food and beverage reviews, testing new products, and exploring the latest concoctions that brands come up with.
  • She loves to travel and savor local cuisine such as huitlacoche in Mexico, port wine in Portugal, and spanakopita in Greece. She has visited more than 20 countries.
  • Carmen always seeks out vintage cookbooks at thrift stores to add to her rather extensive collection.

Experience

Carmen Varner is a food, beverage, and travel writer based in San Diego, California. She has over 10 years of professional writing experience and has been published in Business Insider, Luxe Beat Magazine, Chickpea Magazine, San Diego Reader, LOCALE Magazine, and more. She spent many years working in social media marketing, but always came back to writing. Carmen joined Static Media in 2023, working for Tasting Table as both a writer and features editor. She has also published on Mashed and The Takeout.

Education

Carmen has a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in health promotion and disease prevention.

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Mashed’s industry-leading coverage is created by qualified and experienced writers, and is reviewed and fact-checked by our editorial team to ensure everything is accurate and timely. Outside experts are also consulted to help deliver factual, up-to-date information.

Our mission is to inform and engage our readers, telling them things they need to know, things they want to know, and things they didn't know they wanted to know about food. We strive to always provide a well-rounded reading experience, whether that’s the news of the day or a new original recipe you can try making at home. In an effort to provide the most comprehensive, current, and accurate content, our editorial team constantly reviews and updates articles as necessary. Additional information on our editorial process available here.

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