Dakota Kim

Dakota Kim is a freelance writer specializing in food, culture, travel, TV, parenting, and lifestyle. Her work has appeared in Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Food52, Civil Eats, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Vox, and Sunset.

Highlights:

Dakota has written for Simply Recipes since March 2021.
She specializes in features, chef interviews, personal essays, recipe writing, gear reviews, and e-commerce.
Dakota has worked in restaurants for over a decade, as everything from host to line cook to owner.

Experience

In addition to writing for outlets like the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, Dakota has produced a segment for the popular KCRW radio program "Good Food." She has appeared as a TV guest on Al Jazeera and as a radio guest on CBC. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and child.

Education

Dakota has a B.A. in Political Science from Vassar College and an M.L.I.S. in Library and Information Sciences from Rutgers University.

Other work:

My Mother Has Always Foraged. A Year Into the Pandemic, I Understand Why, Salon
The Future of Pandemic Restaurant Design, Zagat Stories
The LA Restaurant Where You Party in Your Seat, Food & Wine

Simply Recipes Product Review Editorial Guidelines & Mission

About Simply Recipes

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