Best Food Writing 2016

Like your favorite local grocery store, with its sushi bar, fresh baked goods, and maybe a very obliging butcher, Best Food Writing offers a bounty of everything in one place. For seventeen years, Holly Hughes has delved into piles of magazines and newspapers, scanned endless websites and blogs, and foraged through bookstores to provide a robust mix of what's up in the world of food writing. From the year's hottest trends (this year: meal kits and extreme dining) to the realities of everyday meals and home cooks (with kids, without; special occasions and every day) to highlighting those chefs whose magic is best spun in their own kitchens, these essays once again skillfully, deliciously evoke what's on our minds-and our plates. Pull up a chair.

Contributors include:

Betsy Andrews

Jessica Battilana

John Birdsall

Matt Buchanan

Jennifer Cockrall-King

Tove Danovich

Laura Donohue

Daniel Duane

Victoria Pesce Elliott

Edward Frame

Phyllis Grant

Andrew Sean Greer

Kathy Gunst

L. Kasimu Harris

Steve Hoffman

Dianne Jacob

Rowan Jacobsen

Pableaux Johnson

Howie Kahn

Mikki Kendall

Brian Kevin

Kat Kinsman

Todd Kliman

Julia Kramer

Corby Kummer

Francis Lam

Rachel Levin

Brett Martin

Tim Neville

Chris Newens

James Nolan

Keith Pandolfi

Carol Penn-Romine

Michael Procopio

Kathleen Purvis

Alice Randall

Besha Rodell

Helen Rosner

Michael Ruhlman

Oliver Sacks

Andrea Strong

Jason Tesauro

Toni Tipton-Martin

Wells Tower

Luke Tsai

Max Ufberg

Debbie Weingarten

Pete Wells