Darra Goldstein, the founding editor of Gastronomica, is the author of six award-winning cookbooks, includingย Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipesย andย Lore, named one of 2020โs best cookbooks byย Forbes.com,ย Esquire, and Theย Washington Post. In 2020 she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals.ย
Cortney Burnsย (withย chef Nickย Balla) built a larder-based kitchen at San Franciscoโs Bar Tartine; their cookbookย Bar Tartineย won awards from both the James Beard Foundation and IACP.ย Bon Appรฉtitย has dubbed her the โgodmother of fermentationโ for her modern take on ancient techniques.
Richardย Martinย is a media executive, lifestyle editor, and writer who started magazines and websites that have grown into major media companies, includingย Complex, Modern Luxuryย (Manhattan and Miami), andย Food Republic.ย