The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025

A collection of the year's top food and travel writing, selected by the James Beard Award-winning chef, food justice activist, and bestselling author Bryant Terry.

The innovative and celebrated chef, food activist, and writer Bryant Terry selects the best twenty pieces published in 2024 that celebrate and explore how food and travel shape our culture.

Author: Bryant Terry, Jaya Saxena
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/21/2025
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.65lbs
ISBN: 9780063464681

About the Author
Saxena, Jaya: -

Jaya Saxena is the co-author of Basic Witches (Quirk, 2017) and a staff writer at Eater. Her work has appeared in many outlets, including the New York Times, Buzzfeed, GQ, ELLE, Electric Literature, Catapult, the Daily Dot, The Toast, and more. She lives in New York City with her partner.

Terry, Bryant: -

Bryant Terry is a multidisciplinary artist, James Beard Award-winning chef, and the author of six books, including Black Food, Afro-Vegan, and Vegetable Kingdom. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of 4 Color Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Terry holds an MFA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley and an MA in History, with a focus on the African Diaspora, from NYU.