Betsy Andrews Betsy Andrews is an award-winning journalist with over two decades of experience writing about food, drink, and travel. She writes for publications including Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, The Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, Eating Well, SevenFifty Daily, VinePair, Plate, Pix's The Drop, Liquor.com, and others. She is also a poet. Her books include “New Jersey” and “The Bottom.”• Winner of the 2021 Thomas Lowell Award for Culinary Travel Writing• James Beard Award nominee• IACP award nominee• Contributing editor at Food & Wine, Eating Well, and SevenFifty Daily• Former editor at large at Organic Life• Former executive editor at Saveur• Former dining critic at The New York Times• Former senior editor at Zagat• Created Food & Wine’s first-ever blog, "On the Line in New Orleans" About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process