Some of my writing on food.
SHE WAS A SOUL FOOD SENSATION. THEN, 19 YEARS AGO, SHE DISAPPEARED.
(FOOD52)WINNER, 2018 James Beard Award for Profile
THE POET’S TABLE
(POETRY FOUNDATION)NOMINEE, 2019 James Beard MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
THE QUEER LEGACY OF ELKA GILMORE
(EATER SAN FRANCISCO)
Anthologized in The Best American Food Writing 2021
Featured on Longform
THE WILD AND IRRESISTIBLY SAUCY TALE OF THE CURRY CON MAN
(THE HIGHLIGHT BY VOX)
Anthologized in The Best American Food Writing 2022
THE GAY MAN WHO BROUGHT TAPAS TO AMERICA
(TASTE)
Anthologized in The Best American Food Writing 2019
WINNER, 2019 IACP Award for Narrative Food Writing With or Without Recipes
MEET AMERICA’S GODMOTHER OF TOFU
(ATLAS OBSCURA)
Anthologized in The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024NOMINEE, 2024 IACP Award for Narrative Food Writing Without Recipes
A COMET CALLED RAJI
(SOUTHERN FOODWAYS ALLIANCE)
Featured on Longreads
A FRESH HISTORY OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
(THE NEW YORKER)
OVERLOOKED NO MORE: ELENA ZELAYETA, EMISSARY FOR MEXICAN COOKING
(THE NEW YORK TIMES)
AT 90, MADHUR JAFFREY RELISHES HER ROLE AS A GROUNDBREAKING FOOD WRITER
(THE WASHINGTON POST)
THE QUEER APPETITES OF ISMAIL MERCHANT
(HAZLITT)
THE SAD, SEXIST PAST OF BENGALI CUISINE
(FOOD52)
Notable, The Best American Food Writing 2018
HOW—AND WHY—DID FRUITCAKE BECOME A SLUR?
A FLOWER IN THE DEBRIS: THE LEGACY OF BENIHANA, ROCKY AOKI'S ALL-AMERICAN EMPIRE
(THE RINGER)
THE CRAFT OF WRITING: MAYUKH SEN ON WRITING ABOUT FOOD—WITH FEELING
(LITERARY HUB)
NASIM ALIKHANI IS LEAVING HER MARK
(EATER)
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ICON WHO SAW FREEDOM IN FARMING
Notable, The Best American Food Writing 2022
AN INDIAN FOOD WRITER BREAKS FREE FROM TRADITION
THE VAST WORLD OF ISLAM, IN 300 RECIPES
REAL COOKING
(POETRY FOUNDATION)
A CAMBODIAN REFUGEE COOKS FROM MEMORY AT NYUM BAI
FROZEN IN TIME: MAYA ANGELOU COOKS FOR TONI MORRISON, SEPTEMBER 1994
(THE OBSERVER FOOD MONTHLY)
NAJMIEH BATMANGLIJ IS THE GRANDE DAME OF IRANIAN COOKING
(WASHINGTON POST)
PROMOTING BANGLADESH, WITH A MOTHER’S TOUCH
VERTAMAE SMART-GROSVENOR IS THE UNSUNG GODMOTHER OF AMERICAN FOOD WRITING
(VICE)
THE PEOPLE OF FREETOWN
(POPULA)
ANNE ROSENZWEIG IS FINE WITH BEING FORGOTTEN
(HEATED)
HOW TO MAKE FOOD MEDIA MORE EQUITABLE FOR WRITERS OF COLOR
(JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION)
THE QUEER PLEASURES OF TAMMY WYNETTE’S COOKING
Notable, The Best American Food Writing 2019
A WRITER DESCRIBES PALESTINIAN CUISINE, AND THE WORLD AROUND IT
WHAT THE RUSHDIES ATE
SETTING THE TABLE: KT ACHAYA’S PIONEERING SCHOLARSHIP ON INDIAN FOOD
(THE CARAVAN)
HOW AMERICA REDISCOVERED A COOKBOOK FROM THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Notable, The Best American Food Writing 2021