The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024

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A collection of the years top food and travel writing, selected by the trailblazingNew York Timesbestselling author and Emmy-nominated host of Taste the Nation and Top Chef Padma Lakshmi.

Food and travel are natural companions, writes guest editor Padma Lakshmi. From this pairing comes the possibility of seeing anew, of examining how we make and assign meaning. The essays in this years Best American Food and Travel Writing circle the worldfrom Dakar in Senegal, to Michoacn in south-central Mexico, to the Camino de Santiago in Spainand deepen our understanding of our place in it. An ode to the American grilled cheese spurs the desire to find beauty in the smallest daily activities. An obsessive odyssey for the perfect Chinese food blossoms into a heart-wrenching search for a lost childhood. Bold and insightful, joyful and moving, this collection celebrates the experiences that connect us all.

The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024 includes C PAM ZHANG LIGAYA MISHAN KIESE LAYMON MARIAN BULL MAYUKH SEN BEN TAUB AND OTHERS

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Padma Lakshmi is the Emmy-nominated host of the highly rated and critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning Bravo seriesTop Chef, and the author of three cookbooks and food titles: the award-winning Easy Exotic; Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet; and the Enclyclopedia of Spices and Herbs. In addition to her culinary achievements, Lakshmi has contributed to such magazines as Vogue, Gourmet, and Harper's Bazaar (UK and US), and penned a syndicated column on fashion and food for the New York Times. Her television-hosting credits include Planet Food and Padma's Passport, as well as other programs in the United States and abroad. A global style icon and the first internationally successful Indian supermodel, Lakshmi also helms companies of her own such as the Padma Collection and Easy Exotic. Lakshmi is a cofounder of the Endometriosis Foundation of America. Since 2009, the organization has advocated for early diagnosis, promoted research, and raised awareness in the medical community and the greater public about this devastating chronic disease which affects over 190 million women worldwide. She lives in New York City with her daughter.