Biography
Photo by Kirk Condyles
Yes, but don't worry. You'll hardly detect an accent.
"And just how do you intend to eat the world?"
Glad you asked.
As a food and travel writer, I am a full-time explorer. During my travels I have observed that most people turn first to food as a way of acquainting me with their culture. Offered with pride and sincerity, it is transformed into something more than sustenance: True love, I think.
My goal is to pass that love on to you. And so it undergoes another transformation into the written word.
But who exactly is this New York girl? My name is Nicole Cotroneo, I live in Spanish Harlem, and I've been a working writer for over seven years. You name a topic, I've probably written about it: double homicides, E. coli at Taco Bell, Clinton-and-Clinton on the campaign trail.
I have been a regular contributor to The New York Times, and am senior editor and co-owner of globorati.com, the luxury travel news and trends website. I am also part of a cast of columnists for Delta Sky magazine that includes Samantha Brown and Andrew Zimmern. I have been a guest judge on The Food Network.
Somewhere in the middle of my writing career I also worked for a really fine catering company that fed A-list celebs and presidents. (I can still rattle off a list of foods that Jerry Seinfeld feeds his kids.) During this stint I got to look over the shoulders of some of the most talented chefs I've known. Quicker than any man has ever inspired me to love, I fell for food in a big way — and the love affair has never ended.
I have traveled extensively through Europe and lived in Spain and Italy, my ancestral home. Mediterranean flavors pervade my cooking and, I believe, run through my garlic-scented veins. Recently I added some fenugreek and a bit more saffron to the mix: I married an English-Iranian writer who has further widened the world for me and my fork.
