Welcome to Palate & Palette

I’ll be sharing my conversations with artists and food people about what they do, how they do what they do so well, and what inspires them. This is a free, biweekly-ish newsletter.

About me

I’m Amy Allen. I split time between Concord, MA, and Rockport, MA, with my husband and cats Iggy and Graymo. On most weekends, we are visiting art galleries in Cape Ann and further afield. We are fortunate to enjoy food from nearby farms in the warmer months. My conversations with artists and people who make great food sparked the creation of Palate & Palette.

Originally trained as a journalist, I write about food, nutrition, and health in my day job, have a master’s in Gastronomy from Boston University, and studied nutrition at Tufts University.

I’m inspired by my parents, Emma Fordyce Macrae, Stapleton Kearns’ blog, Lynda Barry, Ana Sortun, Ruth Reichl, Corby Kummer, Joshua McFadden, Susan Spungen, Sam Sifton, Dice Iida-Klein, Loren Doucette, Nella and Steve Lush, Ted Gioia, and everyone else who has a creative habit.

I aim to do cartwheels in every city I visit.