Jaya Saxena

Location: Queens, New York

Expertise: Food Culture, Food History

Jaya is a writer and editor living in Queens.
She is currently a staff writer at Eater.
She's the author and co-author of four books.

Experience

Jaya Saxena is a writer and editor living in Queens. She writes about food and culture. Jaya is currently a staff writer at Eater, and has written for Serious Eats, Taste, GQ, ELLE, and more. She is the co-author of Dad Magazine (2016), the author of The Book Of Lost Recipes (2016), and the co-author of Basic Witches (2017). Most recently, she is the author of Crystal Clear: Extraordinary Talismans for Everyday Life (2020), an essay collection.

About Serious Eats

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