Food Editor
Los Angeles Times
Russ Parsons is the food editor and columnist of the Los Angeles Times. He has been writing about food for more than 25 years, including more than 20 years at The Times. He is the author of the cookbooks "How to Read a French Fry" and "How to Pick a Peach". In 2008 he was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food and Beverage, the hall of fame of American cooking. He has won many food journalism awards, including those from the International Association of Culinary Professionals, the Association of Food Journalists and the James Beard Foundation. "How to Read a French Fry" was a finalist for two Julia Child cookbook awards. “How to Pick a Peach,” which was published in 2007, was named one of the best 100 books of the year by both Publisher’s Weekly and Amazon. Before coming to The Times, he worked at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Albuquerque Tribune and Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.Parsons has been a journalist for more than 30 years, covering everything from high school football and professional rodeo to cops and courts and country music.