Dalia Colón is a multimedia journalist and author of The Florida Vegetarian Cookbook. You can catch her on TV as co-host/associate producer of WEDU Arts Plus on Tampa Bay’s PBS station, and in your podcast feed as host/executive producer of The Zest, a Florida food podcast that’s part of the NPR Podcast Network. She has served as a judge for the James Beard Awards, and she writes the Heritage Kitchen column for Forum, the magazine of Florida Humanities. Her freelance credits are among NPR, the New York Times Magazine, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, Visit Florida, Gravy Quarterly, and the magazine of the Southern Foodways Alliance. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Dalia holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ohio University and a master’s degree in Spanish education from Kent State University.
In her spare time, Dalia enjoys reading, running and bargain-hunting at thrift stores and garage sales. Dalia lives with her family in Riverview, and she never leaves home without a snack. She’ll be appearing at Word of South with the musician Fred Wheatt, who is also her father, and food prepared from some of her recipes will be made available for sampling by the audience.