Nikhita Venugopal is a food and culture journalist. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, TASTE, The Ringer, Bon Appétit, NYMag.com, Roads & Kingdoms, AFAR, Vice Munchies, The News Minute, Scroll.in, and elsewhere. Her profile on Nora Ephron published in The Ringer made it to the notable section of The Best American Food Writing 2020.
She was also shortlisted for the Condé Nast Traveller Excellence Award for Food Writing in 2019.
Nikhita previously worked as a reporter at DNAinfo (RIP) in New York covering stories on education, politics, real estate, crime, and more.
She graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. She lives with her husband, Colin, and their two cats.
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