Tara Cox is a New York-based food writer and magazine editor, most recently managing editor of Real Simple, and has also held roles at Rachael Ray Every Day, Men’s Journal, Popular Mechanics and others. She was the founding editor-in-chief of the award-winning RVLiving magazine and author of Airstream: The Silver RV, which New York Magazine’s “Approval Matrix” dubbed “Highbrow/Brilliant.” She recently launched The Promiscuous Palate, a Substack newsletter devoted to a wide-ranging definition of good taste — from diners to Delmonico’s. She is a longtime faculty member at Columbia University’s Publishing Course, where she guides students through the evolving business of media brands and how to make content connect. Tara is the creative director at New York startup Epicure, a food as medicine meal service company.