Nevin Martell


Nevin Martell

Nevin Martell is a DC-area based food and travel writer, parenting essayist, recipe developer, and photographer who has been published by the Washington Post, New York Times, Saveur, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Traveler, Fortune, Travel + Leisure, Runner’s World, Michelin Guide, Plate, and many other publications. He is the author of eight books, including Red Truck Bakery Cookbook: Gold-Standard Recipes from America’s Favorite Rural BakeryThe Founding Farmers Cookbook: 100 Recipes for True Food & DrinkIt’s So Good: 100 Real Food Recipes for Kids, the travelogue-memoir Freak Show Without a Tent: Swimming with Piranhas, Getting Stoned in Fiji and Other Family Vacations, and the small-press smash Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip. Additionally, he is the co-founder of the highly successful New Kitchens On The Block event series and the internationally acclaimed Pay It Furloughed initiative.

[Photo by Rey Lopez.]


7 entries by Nevin Martell

Book Review

Red Sauce

By Ian MacAllen

Red Sauce

This history of a beloved cuisine is rich in facts but dry as a box of Barilla.

Book Review

Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American

This history of a beloved cuisine is rich in facts but dry as a box of Barilla.

Book Review

The Man Who Ate Too Much

By John Birdsall

The Man Who Ate Too Much

This exemplary work gives voice to the closeted gay man behind the flashy gourmand.

Book Review

Dirt

By Bill Buford

Dirt

An editor-turned-gourmand reflects on making a new life amid Europe’s culinary culture.

Book Review

The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard

This exemplary work gives voice to the closeted gay man behind the flashy gourmand.

Book Review

Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking

An editor-turned-gourmand reflects on making a new life amid Europe’s culinary culture.

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The Book of Eating: Adventures in Professional Gluttony

In this otherwise entertaining foodie chronicle, a little introspection would've been the icing on the cake.