Food, drinks, & culture writer Esther Tseng on loving LA, bike-packing, a mezcal industry crisis and more

Eat, Drink, Sleep, Repeat

In this week's episode, we talk to Esther Tseng—a Los Angeles-based food, drinks and culture writer. She is a judge for the James Beard Foundation and Academy Chair for the USA West region of The World’s 50 Best Bars and has contributed to a variety of publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Eater, LAist, Resy, VICE, and more.

In this episode we talk about food blogging, bike-packing through Spain and Japan, safety while traveling as a person of color, finding your people, diversity of cultures and cuisine in LA, the history of Taiwanese food, a mezcal industry crisis (plus who owns the largest private mezcal collection in the world), snowboarding season, the art of menu writing and racism abroad.

You can read some of Esther’s writing here and follow her on Instagram here.

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