On this episode of the High Tea series, Gabriel Ornelas sits down with Kayla Stewart, Houston-and-NY-based food and travel journalist, cookbook author and Editor of Eater Houston.

Kayla's work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Eater, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and others. Her piece, "The Sweetest Harvest," won the 2023 James Beard Foundation Profile Award, and her story, "Teach a Man to Fish," will be anthologized in the 2023 edition of Best American Food Writing. She's currently working on a cookbook with Chef Christopher Williams about Black cuisine in Texas for Ten Speed Press.

In this episode, we discuss:

☑️Cultural applications to timeless American classics

☑️Cultural convergence in the dining scene

☑️Food and dining is changing. Tastes are changing

☑️American food has always been impacted by immigrants

☑️Generation of diners who want to know where their food is from

☑️Eater Houston working on coverage with Latino and Asian communities

☑️Cookbook about w/ Chef Christopher Williams

☑️Thoughts on future of storytelling in food

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