Bio

Khushbu Shah is the author of the critically acclaimed cookbook, AMRIKAN: 125 Recipes From the Indian American Diaspora. She is a Contributing Editor at Food & Wine, where she was formerly the Restaurant Editor. As the youngest and only person of color to ever hold the title, she spent four years traveling the country, putting together their annual list of the Best New Chefs in America. She also writes a best-selling Substack newsletter called Tap Is Fine! that is read across 66 countries and covers the business of eating.

You can find more of Khushbu’s writing in the New York Times, Bon Appetit, Eater, The LA Times, and the Best Food Writing series. She has appeared on shows like Netflix’s Ugly Delicious. Khushbu grew up in Michigan but calls Los Angeles home.