I'm a London-born, Brooklyn-based writer. Half of my family is from East Africa and the other half is from India, but I grew up in England, Kuwait, Sudan, France, and the U.S.
I was most recently a staff writer at the Village Voice, where I won the James Beard Foundation's Craig Claiborne Award for my weekly restaurant reviews and was included in Forbes' magazine's 30 Under 30 list.
Before that I wrote about food and culture for other publications, including a piece about the rise of Chilean haute cuisine for The Atlantic, a profile of the eccentric designer of the Chemex for Gourmet, and an ode to edible nail polish for McSweeney's Internet Tendency. I wrote the introduction to All Hands on Deck, a cookbook to benefit Red Hook's small businesses after Hurricane Sandy. Between stories, I've worked as a cook, copy editor, and French translator.
tejal.roar AT gmail.com
@tejalrao
I was most recently a staff writer at the Village Voice, where I won the James Beard Foundation's Craig Claiborne Award for my weekly restaurant reviews and was included in Forbes' magazine's 30 Under 30 list.
Before that I wrote about food and culture for other publications, including a piece about the rise of Chilean haute cuisine for The Atlantic, a profile of the eccentric designer of the Chemex for Gourmet, and an ode to edible nail polish for McSweeney's Internet Tendency. I wrote the introduction to All Hands on Deck, a cookbook to benefit Red Hook's small businesses after Hurricane Sandy. Between stories, I've worked as a cook, copy editor, and French translator.
tejal.roar AT gmail.com
@tejalrao
