Naomi Tomky

Award-winning Seattle-based writer Naomi Tomky explores the world with a hungry eye, digging into the intersections of food, culture, and travel. Her first 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.

A table set with several Thai dishes, including bowls of rice, plates of vegetables, and bowls of meat and curries.

Southeast Asia shines at 2024 James Beard Foundation Awards

The restaurant industry’s Oscars featured many AA+PI winners, specifically serving Southeast Asian cuisine

Here and Na`au: Passing on Hawaiian Tradition through Food

Chef Brian Hirata, a James Beard Foundation semifinalist, uses tasting menus to pass on endangered culinary traditions in Hawaiʻi

Chef Rachel Yang Doesn’t Need a James Beard Award

But the 15-time nominee, this year for Outstanding Chef, says she is “reinvigorated and inspired” to continue cooking her personal interpretation of Korean cuisine

The Next Great American Brown Liquor

Have you heard of rice whiskey? Look to these Asian American purveyors paving the road stateside

The Deep Roots of Sumida Watercress

Emi Suzuki agreed to take over her family’s 100-year-old watercress farm on a whim—now, she and her partner are striking a balance between preserving the old and shepherding in the new