LA Times Festival of Books 2019

Lucas Kwan Peterson is a columnist and video producer for the food section. Before coming to the Los Angeles Times, he wrote the New York Times' Frugal Traveler column for nearly three years and hosted and produced more than 100 episodes of the food series "Dining on a Dime" for Eater. He is from Oak Park, Ill., and attended Williams College... Read More →

A former cook and dishwasher, Jonathan Kauffman is a James Beard Award winning journalist and staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle. He was previously the restaurant critic at the East Bay Express, Seattle Weekly and SF Weekly, as well as the San Francisco editor at Tasting... Read More →

Ted is a food writer and has written for Travel + Leisure, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, GQ, and The New York Times. With his brother Matt, they were on-air commentators on Unique Eats on the Cooking Channel. He is the co-author of four books, which have won six IACP and James Beard... Read More →

Matt is a food writer and has written for Travel + Leisure, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, GQ, and The New York Times. With his brother Ted, they were on-air commentators on Unique Eats on the Cooking Channel. He is the co-author of four books, which have won six IACP and James Beard... Read More →

Ruth Reichl is the bestselling author of the memoirs "Tender at the Bone," "Comfort Me With Apples," "Garlic and Sapphires," and "For You, Mom, Finally," the novel "Delicious!" and most recently, the cookbook "My Kitchen Year." Her newest memoir, "Save Me The Plums," was released... Read More →