October 13, 2025
670: New York’s Brunch Recession on Food Writers Talking About Food Writing with the New York Times Nikita Richardson & Matt Rodbard
This Is TASTEAbout this episode
It’s the return of Food Writers Talking About Food Writing . Every couple of weeks, Matt invites a journalist to talk about some favorite recent food writing as well as their thoughts on the industry as a whole. In today’s episode, we have a great conversation with Nikita Richardson . Nikita is an editor in the Food section of The New York Times and the creator of the “ Where to Eat: New York City ” newsletter, The Times ’s first newsletter dedicated to restaurant coverage. We talk about Nikita’s newsletter and feature writing, life as an editor at The Times , and college football naturally comes up too. It was such a fun time having one of food media’s leading voices on the show. Subscribe to This Is TASTE : Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube Featured on the episode: Bring Back the Coffee Shop Tip Jar Even if it’s Digital [NY Mag] This TikTok Food Trend Is More Than 10,000 Years Old [NYT] Fellas, Is It Cheugy to Make a Mug Cake? [Best Food Blog] Tony Shalhoub Will Travel for Bread [NYT] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices