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{{short description|American chef and food writer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Priya Krishna
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| education = [[Dartmouth College]]
| occupation = Journalist, YouTube personality
| known_for = ''[[Indian-ish]]'' (2019)
| website = {{URL|priyakrishna.me}}
}}
'''Priya Krishna''' is an American [[food journalist]] and [[YouTuber|YouTube personality]]. She is a food reporter for ''[[The New York Times]]'' and has previously contributed to ''[[The New Yorker]], [[Eater (website)|Eater]],'' and ''TASTE'' (as a columnist)''.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Priya Krishna website |url=https://www.priyakrishna.me/ |accessdate=17 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Krishna|first=Priya|date=2018-12-11|title=Texas's Favorite Grocery Store Is a Way of Life|url=https://www.eater.com/2018/12/11/18133776/heb-texas-origin-cult-following|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Eater|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-11|title=Brooks Headley Is Moving on to Focaccia|url=https://tastecooking.com/brooks-headley-moving-focaccia/|access-date=2021-11-14|website=TASTE|language=en-US}}</ref> She is also the author of multiple cookbooks, including ''Indian-ish,'' a cookbook she wrote with her mother.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last1=Sastry|first1=Anjuli|last2=Zamora|first2=Michael|last3=Furlan|first3=Julia|last4=Mohtasham|first4=Diba|date=2021-06-22|title=VIDEO: Priya Krishna And Her Mom Explore 'Indian-ish' Food|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1006770420/priya-krishna-indian-ish-food|access-date=2021-11-14}}</ref>

Krishna previously worked for ''[[Bon Appétit]]'' and appeared on their popular YouTube channel from 2018 to 2020. Before that, she also worked in the marketing department of ''[[Momofuku (restaurants)#Lucky Peach|Lucky Peach]],'' a food magazine established by [[David Chang]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rodbard|first=Matt|date=2021-11-11|title=TASTE Podcast 74: Priya Krishna|url=https://tastecooking.com/taste-podcast-74-priya-krishna/|access-date=2021-11-14|website=TASTE|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, she co-authored a cookbook together with Chang titled ''Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes (And Love My Microwave)''.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chang|first1=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ekkjEAAAQBAJ|title=Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes (And Love My Microwave): A Cookbook|last2=Krishna|first2=Priya|date=2021-10-26|publisher=Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed|isbn=978-1-5247-5925-4|language=en}}</ref>

Currently, Krishna is a food staff reporter with ''The New York Times'' and appears on its YouTube channel for cooking content.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Priya Krishna - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/priya-krishna |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.nytimes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=NYT Cooking - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/nytcooking |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

==Early life and education ==

Krishna was raised in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mack |first1=Regina |title=Texas Monthly Recommends: Learning How to Cook Mouth-Watering Desserts From Dallas-Raised Chef Priya Krishna |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/texas-monthly-recommends-priya-krishna-cookbook-instagram/ |website=Texas Monthly |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref> Her parents emigrated from India to the United States in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Krishna |first1=Priya |title=WHY I'M WRITING A COOKBOOK ABOUT MY MOM, AN INDIAN FOOD GENIUS |url=https://www.saveur.com/indian-ish-family-cookbook |website=Saveur |date=December 2017 |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref>

Krishna attended [[Dartmouth College]] where she was a double major in government and French and graduated in the class of 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maffei |first1=Kristin |title=Three Questions for Priya Krishna 2013 |url=https://alumni.dartmouth.edu/content/three-questions-priya-krishna |website=Dartmouth Alumni |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref> She started a career in food while attending Dartmouth, where she also worked as a marketing consultant for Dartmouth Dining Services and wrote a column for ''[[The Dartmouth]]'' called "The DDS Detective." This eventually inspired her first cookbook, published only one year after graduating in June 2014, titled ''Ultimate Dining Hall Hacks''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Beak|first=Arielle|title=Q&A with Priya Krishna '13|url=https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2020/08/beak-q-a-with-priya-krishna-13|access-date=2021-11-14|website=[[The Dartmouth]]}}</ref> She has said that writing this column was what made her realize that her enthusiasm for food might also be a career path she would enjoy, <blockquote>"I loved the idea of being able to describe food, and kind of live and breathe it through my words. I also started, in my classes, doing a lot of academic deep dives in food — I took a bunch of classes that allowed me to write about food. I realized I was interested not only in describing food but exploring the cultural and historical underpinnings of food."<ref name=":2" /></blockquote>

== Career ==
Krishna is a food journalist who has written for many major publications. She was hired at ''Lucky Peach'' directly out of college<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCarron|first=Meghan|date=2020-08-21|title=The Boundary Pusher|url=https://www.eater.com/2020/8/21/21376709/peter-meehan-allegations-la-times-lucky-peach|access-date=2021-11-15|website=Eater|language=en}}</ref> and worked there for three years before leaving to write freelance.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Resources|url=https://www.priyakrishna.me/resources|access-date=2021-11-15|website=Priya Krishna|language=en-US}}</ref> Two of her essays on food written for ''[[The New York Times]]'' have been included in both the 2019 and 2021 editions of [[The Best American Series|''The Best American Food Writing'']].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Priya Krishna - The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/priya-krishna|access-date=2021-11-14|website=www.nytimes.com|language=en}}</ref> First for her essay ''The Life of a Restaurant Inspector: Rising Grades, Fainting Owners,''<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Nosrat|first1=Samin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19auDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR7|title=The Best American Food Writing 2019|last2=Killingsworth|first2=Silvia|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|year=2019|isbn=978-1-328-66225-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Krishna|first=Priya|date=2018-06-05|title=The Life of a Restaurant Inspector: Rising Grades, Fainting Owners|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/dining/restaurant-health-inspector.html|access-date=2021-11-14|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> then for ''How to Feed Crowds in a Protest or Pandemic? The Sikhs Know.''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Krishna|first=Priya|date=2020-06-08|title=How to Feed Crowds in a Protest or Pandemic? The Sikhs Know|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/dining/free-food-sikh-gundwara-langar.html|access-date=2021-11-14|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

=== ''Bon Appétit'' ===
Krishna appeared on the ''Bon Appétit'' YouTube channel starting in late 2018. On August 6, 2020, Krishna announced that she would no longer appear on the channel, along with several other cast members, citing racial pay inequity as the reason for leaving.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Novak|first=Kim|date=2020-08-06|title=Priya Krishna announces she's leaving Bon Appetit over 'contract and pay issues'|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/06/priya-krishna-announces-shes-leaving-bon-appetit-contract-pay-issues-13095191/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Metro|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Kerry Flynn|title=Three journalists of color resign from Bon Appétit's Test Kitchen videos|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/media/bon-apptit-journalists-resign/index.html|access-date=2020-08-10|website=CNN|date=6 August 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Zhang|first=Jenny G.|date=2020-08-06|title=Multiple Bon Appétit Stars Resign From Appearing in Test Kitchen Videos [Updated]|url=https://www.eater.com/2020/8/6/21357341/priya-krishna-rick-martinez-sohla-el-waylly-resign-bon-appetit-test-kitchen-videos|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Eater|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Krishna|first1=Priya|last2=Stabiner|first2=Karen|date=2021-06-09|title=No choice but to quit: Priya Krishna chose unemployment over a workplace that didn't work|url=https://thecounter.org/rewrites-priya-krishna-bon-appetit-new-york-times-food-media-covid-19/|access-date=2021-11-14|website=The Counter|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== ''Indian-ish'' ===
''Indian-ish'' is a cookbook, helping readers understand basics of South Asian cooking, from how to match spices to oils and [[ghee]] to homemade yogurt and [[chhonk]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sathian|first=Sanjena|date=July 11, 2019|title=A Mother-Daughter Duo Teaches Indian Cooking for Amateurs|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/cooking-techniques/priya-krishna-indianish-cookbook-interview|access-date=2021-11-14|website=[[Food & Wine]]|language=en}}</ref> Krishna co-authored the book along with her mom, Ritu, and it also includes many American twists on classic Indian foods, such as roti pizza and dal burritos. These are some of the dishes that Ritu developed after immigrating to Texas for children who were growing up both Indian and American.<ref name=":1" />

=== ''The New York Times'' ===
Beginning in April 2021, Krishna began writing for ''The New York Times'' as a food staff reporter.<ref name=":3" /> Since July 2024, Krishna has been serving as an interim restaurant critic for ''The New York Times'' with [[Melissa Clark]] following the retirement of [[Pete Wells]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Pete Wells Is Moving On to the Next Course |url=https://www.nytco.com/press/pete-wells-is-moving-on-to-the-next-course/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=The New York Times Company |language=en-US}}</ref> She also makes regular appearances on their YouTube channel for cooking content.<ref name=":4" />

==Works==
*''Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes (And Love My Microwave)'' (2021)
*''Indian-Ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family'' (2019)
*''Ultimate Dining Hall Hacks: Create Extraordinary Dishes from the Ordinary Ingredients in Your College Meal Plan'' (2014)

==See also==
* [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan area]]
* [[New Yorkers in journalism]]

==References==

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