Katherine Spiers

Location: Los Angeles, California

Education: University of California, Santa Barbara

Katherine was the food editor at LA Weekly and managing editor at KCETLink’s Food + Living, which won an LA Press Club award for video features.
She has contributed to Serious Eats, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, LAist, LA TACO, Saveur, Gourmet, Modern Farmer, and Tasting Table, among others.
Katherine is the creator and host of the food podcast Smart Mouth. She co-founded the podcast production company TableCakes.

Experience

Katherine has dreamt of becoming a food and travel writer since she got her first subscription to Condé Nast Traveler at the age of eight. She had her finger on the pulse of the Los Angeles food scene as the former food editor at LA Weekly and managing editor at KCETLink’s Food + Living, which won an LA Press Club award for video features. Katherine is the co-author of LA TACO’s “The Rogue 99,” an annual list of 99 restaurants, food trucks, and stands essential to Los Angeles. As a freelance writer, she has contributed to Serious Eats, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, LAist, Saveur, Gourmet, Modern Farmer, and Tasting Table, among others. Katherine is the creator and host of the podcast Smart Mouth, where she interviews people from all types of industries to find out what makes them tick through their favorite foods. She is also the co-founder of TableCakes, a podcast production company.

About Serious Eats

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