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Marlene Parrish is a food writer, columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and co-author with her husband, Robert L. Wolke, of a series of books about the science of cooking.

Education

Parrish attended Carnegie Mellon University. She has continued to stay connected to the university and worked with students with her husband on chemistry and cooking projects.

Professional Career

Parrish is a travel and food writer on staff at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette where she has contributed over 600 articles on food and restaurants.

Parrish met her husband, the late Robert L. Wolke, in 1991. They immediately bonded over their shared love of writing, cooking, and travel. She would contribute recipes to his trilogy of books: What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained, What Einstein Told His Cook 2: Further Adventures in Kitchen Science, and What Einstein Kept Under His Hat. Wolke died in 2021; Parrish continues to live the couple's townhouse in Chatham Village, a planned community in Mount Washington, Pittsburgh. The townhouse's kitchen is where Parrish has been testing recipes for her food column for the Post-Gazette since 1990.

In the 1970s, Parrish co-authored a series of books on sports and cooking with Mary Kay Poppenberg. The titles included I'd Rather Play Tennis Than Cook (1973) and I'd Rather Play Golf Than Cook (1976).

Her articles have also been published by the Miami Herald, The Charlotte Observer, Wisconsin State Journal, Boston Herald, Albuquerque Journal, Akron Beacon Journal, Grand Island Independent, and Wichita Eagle.