She became a newspaper columnist and writer of children's literature, and also cookbooks. She wrote a newspaper column, ''Theresa’s Tea Table'', in the ''Boston Traveller'' under the pen name of ''Theresa Tempest'' and later authored a series of cookbooks as ''Mrs. Appleyard''. Kent, also as ''Mrs. Appleyard'', wrote a quarterly feature on food for ''Vermont Life'' magazine for many years.