Kat Thompson: Contributing Writer for Simply Recipes

Location: Los Angeles

Expertise: Thai and Southeast Asian cuisine

Appeared on Messy History of American Food (Discovery+) and United Plates of America
Featured in Food & Wine, Thrillist, Vice, Bon Appetit, Simply Recipes, and more
Story on Northern Thai red cotton flower noodle soup included in Bon Appetit's Best Food Writing of 2022 Round-Up`

Experience

Kat Thompson is a Bangkok-born, Los Angeles-raised food and drink reporter. She is a former Senior Staff Writer at Thrillist and covered food trends, cookbooks, grocery stores, chefs, and the intersection between food and culture. Her story on the Northern Thai specialty, red cotton flower noodle soup, was named by Bon Appetit as one of the best food stories of 2022. Prior to her time at Thrillist, she was an international editor at Giphy and an editorial assistant at The Hundreds. Her bylines include Food & Wine, LA Taco, Vice, Eater, Simply Recipes, and more.

Music in the kitchen: "Frank Sinatra is my go-to cooking soundtrack!"

About Simply Recipes

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