Seattle-based writer Naomi Tomky explores the world with a hungry eye, digging into the intersection of food, culture, and travel. She is an Association of Food Journalists and Lowell Thomas award-winner, and her cookbook, The Pacific Northwest Seafood Cookbook, was declared one of 2019’s best by the San Francisco Chronicle. Follow her culinary travels and hunger-inducing ramblings on Twitter @Gastrognome and Instagram @the_gastrognome.
From Cornell to Capitol Hill, the Washington, D.C. restaurateur has built neighborhood restaurants grounded in warmth, discipline, and deeply personal service.
From punk kitchens and mutual aid to a fine dining restaurant rooted in care, Justice built HAGS by putting hospitality, identity, and community before ambition.
At Da Barbara, chef Barbara Pollastrini cooks with patience, restraint, and care. In this Inside the Kitchen Q&A, she reflects on memory, hospitality, and the quiet discipline that guides her food.