Dakota Kim

Location: Los Angeles, California

Education: Vassar College, Rutgers University, Yonsei University

Expertise: Food Essays, Korean Food

Dakota Kim is a food, travel, and TV writer based in Los Angeles.
She was food editor at Paste and a staff writer at Sunset.
Kim has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, Thrillist, Civil Eats, Salon, and Edible San Luis Obispo.

Experience

Dakota Kim writes about food, travel, parenting, and lifestyle from Los Angeles, California. She has written about farming, food insecurity, and food advertising.

After serving as food editor at Paste and a staff writer at Sunset, she has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, Thrillist, Civil Eats, Salon, Brides, Food52, Food & Wine, Zagat, and Edible San Luis Obispo.

Kim writes profile pieces, essays, and covers a broad range of topics from travel to trends. Her food writing has covered Korean cooking, foraging, farming, butchery, kimchi, breweries, and more.

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