Priya Krishna, Food Journalist

Simi speaks to Priya Krishna, contributing food writer for the New York Times, the New Yorker, and other prominent news outlets. Priya Krishna is a trailblazers in the world of food media. She’s the author of two cookbooks, Indian-ish, one of the top cookbooks of 2019, and also Ultimate Dining Hall Hacks, a college-themed cookbook. Priya’s also a YouTube personality, known for fashioning her famous dishes on video for the Food Network and Bon Appétit’s Test Kitchen channel. As many of you know from our newsletter, Priya bravely exited the Conde Nast-owned video platform this Summer, in response to pay inequities for its PoC contributors.

In this conversation, Priya delves into her foray into the food world and also her exit from Bon Appétit. Priya's candor is salient: she shares harsh industry realities faced by minorities, and the ways in which she's struggled. But she also is careful to acknowledge the solidarity she's found among other food journalists and other South Asian trailblazers. The resounding message from the pod with Priya is about hustle: how a cold email led her to the path she's on today and the conviction with which she'll enter any future newsroom.

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