Culinary creator, writer and community advocate, SOHLA EL-WAYLLY selects the best twenty articles published in 2021 that celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of our country. SILVIA KILLINGSWORTH, series editor, is an executive editor at Bloomberg News and a former editor at The Awl and The Hairpin. Prior to that she was the managing editor at The New Yorker and wrote regularly for their magazine and website. She lives in Westchester County, New York.

“[A] wonderfully satisfying assortment of food for thought.” — Publishers Weekly on Best American Food Writing 2019