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 Bakery, The Founding Farmers Cookbook: 100 Recipes for True Food & Drink, It’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
Red Sauce
By Ian MacAllen
This history of a beloved cuisine is rich in facts but dry as a box of Barilla.
Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American
By Ian MacAllen
This history of a beloved cuisine is rich in facts but dry as a box of Barilla.
The Man Who Ate Too Much
By John Birdsall
This exemplary work gives voice to the closeted gay man behind the flashy gourmand.
Dirt
By Bill Buford
An editor-turned-gourmand reflects on making a new life amid Europe’s culinary culture.
The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard
By John Birdsall
This exemplary work gives voice to the closeted gay man behind the flashy gourmand.
Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
By Bill Buford
An editor-turned-gourmand reflects on making a new life amid Europe’s culinary culture.
The Book of Eating: Adventures in Professional Gluttony
By Adam Platt
In this otherwise entertaining foodie chronicle, a little introspection would've been the icing on the cake.