Valerie Peterson – stories

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Valerie tells stories — made up and true, dramatic and comedic — through a variety of media. She is bookish and TVish, filmish, mysterious, foodish and wine-y.

Here, Valerie opinionates and shares her intrepid daily adventures in NYC and beyond.

(Keep in mind that while you might not count, say, a trip to Trader Joe's Soho as an "intrepid adventure," Valerie spends an awful lot of time in front of the computer.)

Julia Child on cover of Menu Cookbook

Julia Child & Me

There are certain creative pros both current and past that I truly admire — one is Julia Child. Throughout the food TV and cookbook world, ...

Valerie Peterson writer with editors on set of Pretty Dead short film

Co-writing a Short Film: Pretty Awesome

Thanks to San Gennaro (!), in mid-September, I was tapped to co-write a short film as part of the second Women's Weekend Film Challenge (WWFC). ...

A Reading of My TV Pilot at The Drawing Board

So thrilled that the fantastic group of writer and actors, The Drawing Board, read my TV pilot — on my birthday! I forgot to take pictures, but ...

A picture of San Gennaro over Mulberry Street in Manhattan NYC's Little Italy

San Gennaro Smiles on a Writer-Filmmaker

Thursday evening, September 13 at the Annual Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan's Little Italy, the start of the two week-long fest. Attending ...