Julia Kramer

As BA’s former deputy editor Julia Kramer traveled the country, scouting the best new restaurants in America for the “BA Hot 10.” In January 2017, she oversaw the launch of our Healthyish vertical, while guiding overall editorial direction, including the ASME award–nominated BA Kitchen section of the magazine, which focuses on weeknight recipes and essential cooking know-how. A native Chicagoan, Julia is a graduate of Pomona College, in Claremont, California, where she studied fiction writing. She has been nominated for two James Beard Awards, for “Lunch Al Desko” and “Smoke Signals,” which also appeared in the 2016 Best Food Writing anthology. Prior to joining Bon Appétit in 2013, she was the food editor and restaurant critic for Time Out Chicago. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Zachary Kaplan, and their two children.