Joe Yonan
American journalist
Joe Yonan is an American vegetarian/plant based food writer and cookbook author. He is the former Food and Dining Editor for The Washington Post, where he wrote the Weeknight Vegetarian column from 2013 to 2025. Yonan's 2024 cookbook Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking won the 2025 James Beard Award.
Early life and education
Yonan was born in Albany, Georgia, and is the grandson of Assyrian refugees. He grew up in San Angelo, Texas, the youngest of eight children. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in journalism in 1989, and from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts in 2000.
Career
Yonan initially worked as a reporter for Boston media outlets. After many years in "hard news," however, and not receiving a promotion from The Boston Globe, Yonan explored a career change. He read What Color Is Your Parachute? and realized that he wanted to focus on food writing.
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