Episode 21: Award-winning Food & Drink Writer Jordana Rothman

Quick to spot trends—and able to explain, amplify or deride them in memorable prose—Montville native Jordana Rothman, 32, wrote the book on one of the biggest recent trends, tacos, with famed chef Alex Stupak.

Their award-winning cookbook, Tacos: Recipes and Provocations, is both beautiful and immersive. Her illuminating essays (the “Provocations”) are must-reading. In this week’s conversation, she identifies some of the trends of 2016 and takes the temperature of today’s food scene.