Paula Forbes

Paula began her professional food writing career as the founding editor of Eater Austin, where she was soon promoted to deputy editor at what was then-called Eater National. After that, she was a senior editor and cookbook critic at Epicurious, followed by cookbook critic stints at Lucky Peach magazine and Food52. She is currently a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly magazine, and is the author of 2018's The Austin Cookbook. She co-authors cookbooks and is the editor of Stained Page News, a cookbook newsletter.

Paula graduated with a BA in English from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.