Priya Krishna
Priya Krishna is a food reporter, cookbook author, and video host who shares Indian-American home cooking and the stories of people who keep the food world running.
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- From
- Dallas, Texas
- Education
- Dartmouth College, class of 2013
- Work
- Food reporting, cookbooks, and cooking videos
- Breakout
- Bon Appétit cooking videos and Indian-ish (2019)
- Watch
- On the Job, her NYT Cooking series about food workers
Mini bio
How it started.
Growing up in Dallas and studying at Dartmouth, Priya found a subject she wanted to keep exploring: food. Her college newspaper column turned dining hall ingredients into new meals. That work led to her first book, Ultimate Dining Hall Hacks, in 2014.
Finding her way.
Cold emails helped her get a restaurant PR internship and a customer service job at Lucky Peach. She learned how food magazines worked, contributed stories when its website launched, and left after three years to freelance.
Recipes from home.
Bon Appétit’s dahi toast video introduced many viewers to Priya and her mother’s cooking. Her 2019 book Indian-ish put that family food on the page, including roti pizza and saag made with feta. It became a New York Times bestseller, bringing everyday Indian-American cooking to more home kitchens.
Beyond the recipe.
Priya went on to co-write Cooking at Home with David Chang and create Priya’s Kitchen Adventures for young cooks. At The New York Times, she has worked as a reporter, video host, and interim restaurant critic. Her On the Job series spends time with the workers behind the meals, from kitchen cleaners to dim sum servers.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2024Priya’s Kitchen Adventures: A Cookbook for KidsAuthor
- 2021Cooking at HomeCo-author with David Chang
- 2019Indian-ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American FamilyAuthor, with Ritu Krishna
- 2014Ultimate Dining Hall HacksAuthor
Video and television
- 2026On the Job: After the Restaurant Closes, He Makes the Kitchen SparkleHost
- 2024MasterChef: GenerationsGuest judge
Awards
Quotes
I’m just an average home cook trying to recreate my mom’s recipes.Priya Krishna, Roads & Kingdoms
In a 2019 interview about Indian-ish and her first Bon Appétit videos: https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2019/indianish-priya-krishna/
Trivia
- She entered college imagining a career in diplomacy or the foreign service, studying French and government.
- She filmed her family’s Thanksgiving to help artist Maria Qamar develop illustrations for Indian-ish.
- She worked with 30 children as recipe testers for Priya’s Kitchen Adventures. One child’s “Yucky” verdict helped her decide to cut a soup.
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