LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Arellano is the California columnist for the Los Angeles Times opinion section and author of "Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America."

Friedman has chronicled the lives and work of some of our best chefs. He is the author of "Knives at Dawn," about the Bocuse d'Or competition; coeditor of the popular anthology "Don't Try This at Home;" and coauthor or more than two dozen cookbooks and memoirs. Friedman writes about... Read More →

Lee is the author of "Smoke & Pickles" and "Buttermilk Graffiti;" the chef/owner of 610 Magnolia, MilkWood, and Whiskey Dry in Louisville, KY; and culinary director of Succotash in Penn Quarter, Washington D.C. He appears frequently in print and on television, earning an Emmy nomination... Read More →

Stone is a writer on environmental science, agriculture, and botany in Washington D.C. He writes for National Geographic and is a former White House correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He teaches environmental policy at Johns Hopkins University. After growing up in Los... Read More →