Kate Ramos is the writer and creator of the Mexican-inspired food blog Hola! Jalapeno. Ramos spent the first ten years of her career in restaurant kitchens cooking under chefs Cindy Pawlcyn and Anne Rosenzweig, at restaurants in Napa Valley, San Francisco, and New York. After leaving the restaurant world, Ramos moved into food writing and editing at CHOW, where she helped manage the look and feel of the publication's food content. During the span of her editorial career, she has written, tested, and edited thousands of recipes. Kate's work has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Shape, Parade, Buzzfeed, My Domaine, and Domino. Find her online at holajalapeno.com.
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