Brion Shreffler

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Education: La Salle University, University of Pennsylvania

Expertise: Food culture

Brion has written for various publications about Philadelphia’s food scene, including a story for Serious Eats about how the city’s best panettone is made.
From 2013 to 2017 he authored "Food Junkets: A Philadelphia Food Blog," which featured many interviews of people within the culinary industry, particularly immigrant chefs.
Brion is a freelance journalist with the Philadelphia Inquirer and has written about the city’s food, music, and arts scenes.

Experience

Brion Shreffler is a freelance writer and journalist based in Philadelphia, and often specializes in food stories; for Serious Eats, he wrote about how the city’s best panettone is made. For years he also authored a blog called Food Junkets, which largely focused on the people behind Philly’s best food and offered tips like which restaurants and bars are dog-friendly.

About Serious Eats

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