Hurrah! Edie Burns, Teresa Farney, Ruth Gresser, Susan Lutz, Celeste McCall and Amy Riolo

Edie Burns begins her new job at Marriott International on July 10th as its new Senior Manager, Service and Guest Experience, Culinary Concepts Hospitality Group (CCHG). She will open and maintain the bars and restaurants in Marriott's top-tier national and international luxury hotel brands:  St. Regis, Ritz-Carlton, Bulgari Hotels & Resorts, EDITION Hotels, W Hotels, JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts and Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts.
 
Teresa Farney, dual-member and food editor at the Gazettein Colorado Springs, was named the 2017 Outstanding Media Professional for Colorado by the Colorado Restaurant Association. The award was presented at the organization's annual Industry Spotlight Award dinner on June 27.
 
Ruth Gresser opens her Pizza Paradiso Hyattsville this Saturday, July 8 at 4800 Rhode Island Avenue. This fourth location of Ruth's Neapolitan-style pizzeria, which also houses Art Works Now, a non-profit creative community center, will serve her signature pizzas and offer a robust beer program. It will be open daily for lunch and dinner.
 
Susan Lutz was The Inner Loop writer in residence at Woodlawn/Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture during the week of June 4th. During the residency, Susan continued her long-term project on creating community through food. Check out her article about potlucks on The Inner Loopwebsite. http://www.theinnerlooplit.com/single-post/2017/06/22/2017-Residents-are-off-and-writing
 
Celeste McCall and her husband, Peter, just celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary. To celebrate, they sailed on the Queen Mary June 15 to London, then visited Paris and returned, via Iceland, on July 2.
 
Amy Riolo's blog has been nominated for a number of Saveur Award's honors sponsored by Saveur Magazine: Best Baking & Sweets Blog; Best Food Videos and The Food & Culture Award: Best Single Essay. In the last category, three of Amy's posts have been nominated:  The Face of Syrian Cuisine and Culture; Getting to Know the Grapes of Magna Grecia and The Art of Culinary Diplomacy.