Laura Reiley is a science writer at Cornell University. She was formerly the business of food reporter at The Washington Post and a food critic at the Tampa Bay Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Baltimore Sun. She has authored four books, has cooked professionally, and is a graduate of the California Culinary Academy. She is a four-time James Beard finalist and in 2017 was a Pulitzer finalist.
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