Sean Timberlake

Expertise: food preservation, canning and preserving, foraging

Sean Timberlake is a home preserving and brewing expert with over 20 years of writing experience. His site, Punk Domestics, is a popular resource and community for home preservation, canning, brewing, and foraging enthusiasts.

Highlights

Freelance food writer
Founder of Punk Domestics
Leads culinary tours in Italy and San Francisco

Experience

Sean Timberlake is a former writer for The Spruce, contributing articles and recipes for two years. Sean began writing professionally in 1996, and in 2008, he launched a personal food blog. In exploring food topics, he became fascinated with food preservation and launched Punk Domestics, a content and community site for DIY food enthusiasts. He is a senior content marketing manager for Sun Basket.

Sean has been a panelist, moderator, and instructor on a range of food topics. He also leads culinary tours to Italy and around San Francisco.

Education

Sean Timberlake attended Stony Brook University.

Awards and Publications

As a freelance food writer, Sean has contributed to FoodNetwork.com, Sunset magazine, CookingChannelTV.com, SF Weekly, Leite's Culinaria, BlackboardEats, and other outlets.

About The Spruce

The Spruce, a Dotdash brand, is a new kind of home website offering practical, real-life tips and inspiration to help you create your best home. The Spruce family of brands, including The Spruce, The Spruce Eats, The Spruce Pets, and The Spruce Crafts collectively reach 30 million people each month.

Dotdash is among the largest and fastest growing publishers online, and has won over 50 awards in the last year alone, including Digiday's 2020 Publisher of the Year. Dotdash brands include Verywell, Investopedia, The Balance, The Spruce, Simply Recipes, Serious Eats, Byrdie, Brides, MyDomaine, Lifewire, TripSavvy, Liquor.com, and TreeHugger.