Krista Simmons is a Los Angeles-based food and travel journalist that aims to inspire though words, photographs, video, and other digital media. She has regularly produced print and online content for the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, LA Weekly, Edible Communities, Metromix, and Wandermelon, among others. She has hosted and produced culinary videos for many of those outlets, and is constantly exploring innovative ways to encourage her audience to cook, eat, and explore.

Simmons first became interested in the fusion of food and travel as a young girl watching shows like “Great Chefs, Great Cities,” “Yan Can Cook,” and “Julia Child & Jacques Pépin Cooking at Home.” Fascinated by the way viewers could travel through cuisine, she was hungry to learn more. At every step of her young adulthood, she took jobs in the food and beverage industry, working everywhere from bars to restaurants to wineries.

During her undergrad studies at UC Santa Cruz, Simmons created a pilot for a show on university television called “The Traveling Tastebuds,” which demoed cooking from her time living in Barcelona, traveling to Morocco, and exploring Europe. After graduation, she spent over a year working on organic farms throughout Southeast Asia and Australia in order to gain a further understanding about food production and sustainable farming. She recently attended culinary school at Ecole de Cuisine to further brush up on her skills and expand on her culinary knowledge.

Today Simmons resides in Los Angeles with her appropriately-named Shiba Inu puppy, Bento. When she’s not busy writing, she enjoys practicing yoga, swimming, and hiking — and of course having good laugh with friends over a glass of wine.