Heather Platt
Journalist
Heather Platt is a Los Angeles-based food and travel writer and journalist with over a decade of experience covering food, restaurants and travel stories for outlets including The Los Angeles Times, CNN Travel, Los Angeles Magazine, Vegetarian Times, Eater, Resy, LA Weekly and many more.
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