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Cathy Erway

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Cathy Erway is a food blogger (Not Eating Out in New York), cookbook author, and freelance food author.[1][2]

Early life and education

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Erway is mixed race, with Taiwanese ancestry through her mother.[3][4][5]

A resident of Brooklyn, Erway graduated from Emerson College.[6][7]

Books

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Her books include The Art of Eating In (2010),[8] The Food of Taiwan (2015),[9] and Sheet Pan Chicken (2020).[10][1]

Also in 2023, Cathy Erway published Win Son Presents: A Taiwanese American Cookbook in collaboration with Josh Ku and Trigg Brown.[11][12] The book was nominated for a 2024 IACP Award in the Chef and Restaurants category.[13]

Recognition

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In 2018, her podcast Why We Eat What We Eat was nominated for a James Beard Award in the Podcast category.[14]

She won the Journalism James Beard Foundation Award in 2019 in the Home Cooking category[1] for her article "The Subtle Thrills of Cold Chicken" for Taste magazine.

In 2023, she was nominated for another James Beard Award, this time in the Columns and Newsletters category, for the articles “The Case for the Supermarket Supershopper”; “A Maximalist New Wave for Instant Noodles”; “We All Scream for Asian American Ice Cream”, which are in her column, "Shelve It", in Taste magazine.[15] She was also nominated for a 2023 IACP Award for the column in the Recipe-Focused Column category.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Cathy Erway". Serious Eats. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  2. Moskin, Julia (June 11, 2019). "A New Generation of Chefs Reframes Taiwanese Cuisine in America". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. Potato, Hello @ One (2025-07-08). "📖 Order Up! A Conversation with Cathy Erway, Award-winning Food Writer, Cookbook Author, and Toddler Mom". One Potato. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  4. Hsiung-Blodgett, Amanda (2015-05-16). "The Food of Taiwan Meet Cathy Erway -Author Interview". Miss Panda Chinese - Mandarin Chinese for Children. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  5. Tsang, Donny (2024-05-23). "My Conversation with Cathy Erway". Donny Tsang. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  6. "Cathy Erway, Food Writer at Food & Wine". Food & Wine. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  7. "Cathy Erway: Contributing Writer at Serious Eats". Serious Eats. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  8. Reviews for The Art of Eating In:
  9. Reviews for The Food of Taiwan:
  10. Reviews for Sheet Pan Chicken:
  11. Rega, Konstantin (29 July 2023). "Embracing Taiwanese Cuisine". Virginia Living. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  12. Rosini-Gentile, Jennifer. "BEHIND THE TOQUE: CHEFS FROM WILLIAMSBURG'S WIN SON ON THEIR NEW COOKBOOK". greenpointers.com. Greenpointers. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  13. Hecht, Lisa. "2024 IACP Awards Finalists". IACP. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  14. "The 2018 James Beard Award Nominees". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  15. "Congrats to the 2023 Media Award Nominees". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  16. Hecht, Lisa. "2023 IACP Awards Finalists". IACP. Retrieved 2025-12-30.