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Li Goldstein

Associate Newsletter Editor

Li is an associate newsletter editor at Bon Appétit and Epicurious. She reports on cultural phenomena in the food space, such as Blank Street’s ascent, Chipotle’s downfall, and the Stanley Cup’s rebirth as millennial totem. She also writes about restaurant etiquette, awards, and the forces shaping them, and previously helmed a column on the chaos of the food web at large. Li hails from New Haven, CT, and New York City; despite being raised in the two pizza capitals of the US, she believes Pizza Marvin in Providence, RI, reigns supreme. Li graduated from Brown University, where she studied English and served as the managing editor of the Brown Daily Herald. She is published in VinePair (where she worked as an editorial intern) and in the Boston Globe.

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Restaurants

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Culture

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Cooking

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Restaurants

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Restaurants

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Culture

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