Darlene’s essays have appeared in The Common, The Smart Set, and The Morning News. As a travel journalist, she has written about western Canada, where she lives, and destinations in the U.S. and the Mediterranean for The Globe and Mail, National Geographic Traveler, Frommer’s travel guides, and other publications. Her food writing has been nominated for an International Association of Culinary Professionals award.

Writing Samples:

Sometimes, a book doesn’t so much change your life as fall into your life and stay forever.

After decades of perfecting a homemade bread recipe, a single experiment transforms a home cook into an artisan.

One tablespoon butter...one tablespoon vanilla extract...six eggs...

I decided that I liked Forbidden Fruit wine before I had actually tasted it. Or, for that matter, even seen it.

We had lived beside Testalinden Creek for nearly a decade with no inkling of the risk.

In the mornings, I like to follow our border collie on his nose-to-the-ground rounds.