Lauren Cocking

Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Education: Cardiff University

Expertise: British, Mexican, and Latin American food

Lauren is a food and travel writer who splits her time between Mexico and Yorkshire, and has written about the history of the pork pie for Serious Eats.
On her blog, Northern Lauren, she shares food and cultural guides from her various travels, and has also contributed to BBC Travel, CNN, and National Geographic, among others.
She’s the Mexico City editor for Culture Trip, and loves writing about anything Mexico-related.

Experience

Lauren Cocking is a travel, food, and drinks writer originally from Yorkshire who’s written about the history of the UK's "humble pork pie" for Serious Eats. When not in England she lives in Mexico City, where she shares Mexican and Latin American-related travel content for outlets like Culture Trip, BBC Travel, CNN, Munchies, Extra Crispy, and National Geographic. In her spare time, she enjoys learning European languages (in addition to Spanish, which she studied in university), and contributing to her personal blog, Northern Lauren.

About Serious Eats

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