Leigh Kunkel

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Education: Northwestern University

Expertise: Food and Travel

Leigh is a food and travel writer who contributed an essay about her family and Italian-American food for Serious Eats.
She has written for Travel + Leisure, Chicagoist, National Geographic, Fodor's, Atlas Obscura, The Kitchn, and more.
She graduated from Northwestern University with a master's in journalism.

Experience

Leigh Kunkel is a freelance copywriter and lifestyle writer. She has written for Serious Eats, Travel + Leisure, Chicagoist, National Geographic, Fodor's, Atlas Obscura, The Kitchn, and more. She graduated from Northwestern University with a Master's in Journalism.

About Serious Eats

Serious Eats, a Dotdash brand, is an award-winning food and drink website visited by over 7 million hungry readers every month. Our audience comes to us for rigorously tested recipes, science-driven cooking techniques, robust equipment reviews, and stories that offer cultural and historical context to the foods we love to eat.

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