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Krista Garcia

location-pin Portland, OR

School: Pacific Northwest College of Art

Expertise: Food News

Krista Garcia

  • 20 years working in media and eight years freelancing for brands like Taste of Home and The Kitchn
  • Featured in a 2011 Elle magazine article on the lives of food bloggers when the craft was evolving from hobby into career
  • Published her food blog, Goodies First, for nearly two decades

Experience

Krista has had 20 years of media experience. For eight of them, she's been freelancing for various food and travel brands like Taste of Home, Eater, The Kitchn and Fodor's. As a writer for Taste of Home, Krista’s specialty has been sharing all the latest food news from new types of candy to restaurant updates to viral TikTok cooking hacks. A food blogger since the early 2000s, Krista founded the site Goodies First, although these days she's focused on the digital commerce space. At the same time her blogging days tapered off, Krista moved back to Oregon (where she grew up) after a long stint in New York City.

Education

  • Pacific Northwest College of Art, bachelor's in printmaking
  • Pratt Institute, master's in library sciences

Taste of Home Editorial Policies

Taste of Home, a Trusted Media Brand, has been a reliable source for recipes, cooking tips and entertaining advice for more than 30 years. Every month, our content inspires well over 20 million home cooks to get creative in the kitchen. Each one of our 40 thousand recipes has gone through a rigorous testing and approval process to ensure we’re sharing the very best. Every snack, ingredient and product we recommend is tested by our team of culinary experts and professional product testers—the best of the best earn our Test Kitchen-Preferred seal of approval. Learn more about Taste of Home and our Test Kitchen and editorial teams.

Articles & Recipes

bowl of pancake cereal

Pancake Cereal Is the Breakfast You’re Going to Want Every Morning

How cute is this bowl of mini pancake cereal?!
Aldi Zarita Wine Margarita Cocktail

Aldi Is Selling Wine-Based Margaritas in Two Summer Flavors Right Now

Just add ice—and you're all set for summer!
creme brulee

This Easy Creme Brulee Is Taking Over the Internet Right Now

You only need three ingredients to make this creme brulee.