Jarrett Melendez
Associate Editor
Jarrett Melendez is a Boston-based food and comic book writer. Jarrett has worked in bakeries, diners, and restaurants in Maine and Mexico, specializing in Mexican, Italian, and Japanese cuisine, the latter of which he learned from endlessly patient host mothers while he was studying abroad outside of Tokyo and a short stint in Hiroshima.
Before starting at Epicurious in 2022, he was a regular contributor to Food52,Saveur, andBon Appétit. Jarrett is the writer and co-creator of the GLAAD Award nominated graphic novelChef's Kiss(Oni Press), a queer kitchen romance, and a comic-style cookbook calledThe Comic Kitchen. He is currently writing a graphic memoir, a middle-grade fantasy adventure, and an action-comedy. He lives in Somerville, MA, with his collection ofMonokuro Booplush pigs.
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