Brendan Spiegel writes about politics, culture, travel and food. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired, New York magazine, Travel + Leisure, The Village Voice, and many other publications.

He is also a food columnist at Brooklyn Based and the editor and publisher of Endless Simmer, an independent food website that draws 200,000+ monthly readers. He got his start as a political reporter and editor at Congressional Quarterly.