I’m the Founding Editor in Chief of TASTE. Since launching in 2017, TASTE won two James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards (nominated for 6) and 4 International Association of Culinary Professionals Digital Media Awards (nominated for 12). TASTE stories have been featured and short-listed in the Best American Food Writing anthology in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Here are a few favorite special issues, columns, and features:
ISSUES
The Coffee Issue
The ‘90s Issue
The Emilia-Romagna Issue
The Can Issue
The Israel Issue
The Pepper Issue
The India Issue
COLUMNS
A Kitchen In New Orleans
by Scott Hocker
America’s Best Worst Chef
by JJ Goode
Know Your Chicken
by Cathy Erway
Let’s Talk About American Food
by Mari Uyehara
The Country Best Yogurt Column
by Priya Krishna
100 Questions For My Friend the Chef
by Daniel Holzman and Matt Rodbard
FEATURES
The Fake Rolex of Canned Foods
by Mari Uyehara
Let’s Call It Assimilation Food
by Soleil Ho
The Bubbe Who Wasn’t There
by Rebecca Flint Marx
Cooking In the 1980s
by John Kessler
The Tortilla Cartel
by Elizabeth Dunn
What Ever Happened to Sun-Dried Tomatoes?
by Priya Krishna
Do You Eat Dog?
by Soleil Ho
Night Shift at the New Fulton Fish Market
by Leah Koenig
Caul Me By Your Name
by Edith Zimmerman
The Gay Man Who Brought Tapas to America
by Mayukh Sen
All Hail the Asian Supermarket: An American Institution
by Cathy Erway
The Life-Affirming Blackness of Southern Cakes and Pies
by Therese Nelson
Not All Heroes Wear Capes, and Not All Omelets Have Eggs
by Khushbu Shah
The End of Afghan Cuisine in Pakistan?
by Maryam Jillani
Cook the Whole Damn Heart
by Laurie Woolever
The Great Regression
by Jon Bonné
When Jacques Pépin Made All the World an Omelet
by Joshua David Stein
There’s a Poke Problem
by Shane Mitchell
Diana Kennedy Says Goodbye to Her Cookbooks
by Shane Mitchell
Old Hands, Slow Videos
by Anna Hezel
The Chitlins Question
by Mecca Bos
Samin! Your Pastry Dough Recipe.
by Emily Timberlake
Spain’s Burnt Cheesecake Breaks All the Rules
by Daniela Galarza
When the Next Big Thing in Food Isn’t Actually Next
by Ruby Tandoh
Interview With the Vampiro
by Dylan James Ho
How I Loved, and Lost, a Curry Tree
by Hugh Merwin
The Life and Death of Tart Frozen Yogurt
by Priya Krishna
God Save Lard Bread
by Max Falkowitz
The Flour Tortilla Has Ascended
by Javier Cabral
Who Are These Maximalist Cheese Boards For?
by Ruby Tandoh
What’s in a 100-Year-Old Tare?
by Dylan James Ho
The Convenient Truth of Rotisserie Chicken
by Cathy Erway
Reconsidering the Rice Krispies Treat
by Aaron Hutcherson
A Nation Turns to Pizza
by Priya Krishna
Mutual Aid Is on the Move
by Tatiana Bautista
Ruth Reichl, Mayor of Menuland
by Priya Krishna