Laura Christine Allan

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Location
Sonoma County, California
School
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Expertise
Cheese varieties, California wines, Food history
  • Laura received a silver honorable mention in the 2022 Writers of the Future contest for her story "Down We Go."
  • In 2025, she took second place in the Fallout Culinary Gauntlet Cooking Challenge with stuffed beef cabbage rolls in red sauce.
  • Her apple pie mead won in class and was the runner-up for Best Sweet Mead at the Blue Ridge Beltane Mead Competition in 2010.

Experience

Born in the California Bay Area, Laura has always had a love affair with food. Her proximity to Michelin-starred restaurants and a wealth of locally grown ingredients—combined with a mild case of taste synesthesia—has only deepened her passion for good cooking over time. She has previously been published in The Huffington Post, Ranker, Movoto, the Digital Game Museum, and the Los Altos Town Crier. She adores cooking for herself and her loved ones and considers her creamy chicken piccata, clam chowder, and mapo tofu to be her best dishes. In 2025, she joined The Takeout's writing team. She still takes time to master 100-year-old family recipes and brews her own wine or mead when she has the chance. She makes simply the best molasses ginger snap cookies.

Education

Laura earned a bachelor's degree in English with a minor in ancient civilizations from Randolph-Macon Woman's College.

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