Darra Goldstein , the founding editor of Gastronomica , is the author of six award-winning cookbooks, including Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore , named one of 2020's best cookbooks by Forbes.com, Esquire , and The Washington Post . In 2020, she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Cortney Burns (with chef Nick Balla) built a larder-based kitchen at San Francisco's Bar Tartine; their cookbook Bar Tartine won awards from both the James Beard Foundation and IACP. Bon Appétit has dubbed her the "godmother of fermentation" for her modern take on ancient techniques. Richard Martin is a media executive, lifestyle editor, and writer who started magazines and websites that have grown into major media companies, including Complex , Modern Luxury (Manhattan and Miami), and Food Republic.