Best of the Best, Volume 11 by Dana Cowin

Dana Cowin, Food & Wine's editor-in-chief since 1995, has spent more than thirty years exploring the worlds of food, wine, style, and design. She is on the boards of directors of City Harvest, a hunger-relief group in New York City; Wholesome Wave, an organization dedicated to providing access to sustainable foods; and Hot Bread Kitchen, which helps low-income men and women enter the culinary sector. She was named to the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America in 2012. She is a Brown University graduate who currently resides in New York City with her husband and two children. Follow Dana on Twitter and Instagram at @fwscout to learn more about her exploits.