Matt Rodbard

TASTE Magazine Founding Editor | NY Times Best Selling Author | James Beard Award Winner

Matt Rodbard is a writer, editor, and author of food and culture books with more than two decades of experience working in television, magazines, book publishing, and online media. He’s the author of Koreaworld: A Cookbook, nominated for a 2025 James Beards Award, Koreatown: A Cookbook, a New York Times Bestseller, and Food IQ, an Amazon and Publishers Weekly Bestseller and winner of a 2023 IACP Cookbook Award. He's the Founding Editor of the online food and culture magazine TASTE and winner of two James Beard Foundation Awards. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Travel + Leisure, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Saveur, Fodor’s, and GQ.

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