Lauren Paige Richeson
Author,
Artist,
Epicure &
Bon Vivant.
Writer, editor, and author exploring food, beauty, culture, and the extraordinary stories hidden in everyday life. Based between Tuscany and wherever the story takes her.
About
A writer drawn to the extraordinary stories
hidden in everyday life.
"A true Scorpio — with a passion for the sea, Italian operas, 19th-century still life, and fruits de mer."
Lauren Paige Richeson is a writer and editor whose work explores the extraordinary stories hidden inside everyday things — ingredients, rituals, objects, and traditions that shape how we live.
Her reporting and essays span food, beauty, health, and culture, with bylines in National Geographic, Architectural Digest, Cherry Bombe, Essence, Life & Thyme, and more. She currently serves as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Beauty Chronicles, the bilingual print journal published by Officine Universelle Buly, and is the author of Avocado Obsession (Simon & Schuster).
Expertise
Selected Writing
National Geographic
7 Extraordinary Ways to See the World Come Alive at Sunrise
→National Geographic
How the Potato Went From Banned to Beloved
→National Geographic
How the Simple Fork Almost Tore Apart the Fabric of Society
→Cherry Bombe
The Marseille Way — Issue No. 16: The Julia Child Issue
→Life & Thyme
The Legacy of a Legume
→Life & Thyme
How the Birth of Gin Created a System of Poverty for Profit
→Eaten Magazine
DOM — No. 12: Party
→Livekindly
Your Christmas Dinner Is Rooted in Black Culture
→Cookbook · Simon & Schuster · 2020
Avocado Obsession
An ingredient-driven cookbook celebrating the avocado in all its forms — savory, sweet, and everything in between. Available wherever books are sold.
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