Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner Location: Brooklyn, NY Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner has spent over a decade working as a writer in New York City. She currently covers all aspects of food, dining, travel and lifestyle trends and the intersection of culture, business and politics in these areas. Her work appears in The New York Times, Real Simple, Vogue, Bon Appetit, Glamour, Time Out, Conde Nast Traveler and several more publications. Experience Melissa started her career as the publisher and managing editor of Inside New York, a New York City guidebook for new New Yorkers. From there, she used her knowledge of writing, editing, researching and publishing to become a freelance journalist chronicling New York. After working as a lifestyle editor at New York's most-circulated daily paper, amNewYork, she returned to freelance writing, continuing to write about New York City lifestyle, hospitality and culture while adding travel writing and field reporting to her repertoire. Her work has taken her to the top of an active volcano in Guatemala, the vineyards of Champagne for the grape harvest, two(!!) frozen lakes on Alaska's Iditarod trail, the Bronx at the crack of dawn, and many more destinations around the world. Now, she works as a freelance writer, journalist and recipe developer based in Brooklyn. Education Melissa received her Bachelor's in Creative Writing with an emphasis in Fiction from Columbia University. About Food & Wine Food & Wine, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is an award-winning online resource for anyone passionate about the culinary world. With rigorously tested recipes and the most trusted restaurant, drinks, culinary travel and home coverage, we inspire and empower people everywhere to discover, create, and devour the best in food and wine. Learn more about us and our editorial process.