Bryant Terry Author Event • The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025

Bryant Terry - is a multidisciplinary artist, chef, publisher, and author. His body of work includes five highly acclaimed cookbooks, an anthology he edited and curated titled Black Food, and serving as the editor for The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025. Terry's contributions to the culinary and literary worlds have earned him prestigious honors, including a James Beard Award, an NAACP Image Award, and an Art of Eating Prize. Black Food was widely praised, being recognized as the most critically acclaimed American cookbook of 2021. His book Vegetable Kingdom was named one of the best cookbooks of all time by Food & Wine Magazine, while Afro-Vegan was celebrated as one of the best vegetarian cookbooks ever by Bon Appétit. Terry recently completed his MFA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley.

The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025 - The innovative and celebrated chef, food activist, and writer Bryant Terry selects the best twenty pieces published in 2024 that celebrate and explore how food and travel shape our culture.