Catherine Foster (b. 1983) is a Canadian-American culinary writer, recipe developer, and photographer. Raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she studied cultural anthropology at McGill University and trained in professional kitchens in London and Kuala Lumpur. After years reporting on foodways for small magazines and leading community cooking workshops, she launched a Portland, Oregon test kitchen where she develops approachable recipes rooted in diaspora traditions. Her previous titles include "Salt & Citrus" (2012) and "Markets of the Morning" (2017). When not traveling to collect stories, she tends a backyard garden of shiso, sorrel, and currants with her partner and an opinionated rescue dog named Fig.
