Lisa Fain

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Lisa Fain
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Lisa Fain at the 2014 Texas Book Festival.
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Houston, Texas, U.S.
OccupationFood Writer

Lisa Fain is an American food writer and blogger who grew up outside of Houston, Texas, is known as the Homesick Texan and is a writer of two cookbooks. [1] [2] She is the winner of the 2014 James Beard Foundation award for Best Individual Food Blog. [3]

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References

  1. "A Great Big Texas Helping of Home". New York Times. 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  2. "Cookbook a culinary love letter to Texas". Houston Chronicle. 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  3. "Homesick Texan wins James Beard Award for best food blog". Austin American-Statesman. 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2015-09-06.