Tracey Medeiros is an American chef and cookbook author.^[1][2] She wrote The Art of Cooking with Cannabis as well as several cookbooks that collect recipes from farmers and local businesses in Vermont, and co-authored a similar collection from Connecticut.

Early life and education[edit]

Tracey Medeiros was born to Sheridan and Eugene Medeiros in New Bedford and lived in Freetown, Massachusetts for a number of years.^[3] She graduated from Apponequet High School.^[3] She has a bachelor's degree in political science from Northeastern University, a paralegal diploma from New York University and a diploma in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University.^[4]

Career[edit]

Her first book, Dishing Up Vermont (2008), features recipes from contributors throughout Vermont, including farmers and restaurateurs.^[5] Medeiros began writing The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook in 2011, while writing a column for The Essex Reporter and Colchester Sun, and employed two recipe testers to assist with the collection of recipes from Vermont farmers, bakeries, and restaurants.^[6][7][8] She also collected Vermont recipes in her 2017 cookbook The Vermont Non-GMO Cookbook.^[9] For the 2015 book The Connecticut Farm Table Cookbook, Medeiros worked with co-author Christy Colasurdo to collect recipes from Connecticut farmers and chefs.^[10] Medeiros collected recipes from 45 contributors across the United States to create her 2021 book The Art of Cooking with Cannabis: CBD and THC-Infused Recipes from Across America.^[11][12] The Los Angeles Times praised the book for showcasing a wide range of recipes, outside the usual "tired pot-brownie cliché".^[13]

Medeiros also wrote the column "The Farmhouse Kitchen: A Guide To Eating Local" for Edible Green Mountains magazine,^[4] and has contributed to Salon.^[14] She has also worked as a guest cooking instructor in the Northeast region.^[10]

Books[edit]

• The Art of Cooking with Cannabis (Skyhorse Publishing, 2021) ISBN 978-1510756052^[15][16]
• The Vermont Non-GMO Cookbook (Skyhorse Publishing, 2017) ISBN 978-1510722729^[17]
• with Christy Colasurdo The Connecticut Farm Table Cookbook (Countryman Press, 2015) ISBN 978-1581572568^[18][10]
• The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook (Countryman Press, 2013) ISBN 978-1581571660^[7][19]
• Dishing Up Vermont (Storey Publishing, 2008) ISBN 978-1603420259^[5]

Personal life[edit]

Medeiros is a resident of the state of Vermont,^[1][20] where she lives with her husband, who is an artist and a commercial airline pilot, and their son.^[3][21]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• Video Tracy Medeiros - Vermont Public Broadcasting