Javier Cabral: Contributing Writer at Serious Eats

Javier Cabral is a contributing writer at Serious Eats.

Location: Los Angeles, California

Education: Pasadena City College

Javier began his professional food writing career at an early age, creating the acclaimed food blog Teenage Gluster at 16.
He has written for Los Angeles Times, Saveur, Serious Eats, The Washington Post, MSN, Munchies, VICE UK, Lucky Peach, and Food & Wine, among others.
Javier co-authored the cookbook Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico (2019) and served as associate producer for the award-winning Netflix series Las Crónicas Del Taco (The Taco Chronicles).

Experience

A native of East Los Angeles, Javier started writing professionally about local food and culture at an early age. He created the acclaimed food blog Teenage Gluster at 16 and has since written for Los Angeles Times, Saveur, Serious Eats, The Washington Post, MSN, Munchies, VICE UK, Lucky Peach, and Food & Wine, among others. His knowledge of the Los Angeles food scene made him an ideal restaurant scout for the late food critic Jonathan Gold. Javier co-authored the cookbook Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico (2019). Javier served as associate producer for the James Beard Media Award-winning Netflix series Las Crónicas Del Taco (The Taco Chronicles). He is an editor for L.A. TACO, a city news platform that received the 2018 James Beard Foundation Emerging Voice Award for food coverage.

About Serious Eats

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