The Virginia G. Piper
Center for Creative Writing

Chris Malloy is the former food editor and current food critic at Phoenix New Times. He writes news, criticism, profiles, short features, longform, and experimental work. His writing has run in outlets like The Counter, Civil Eats, Saveur, and The Boston Globe and picked up a few awards, including from the Association of Food Journalists and Society for Features Journalism. He has a master’s degree in food studies, has washed pots in a restaurant kitchen, and once worked on farms and vineyards in Italy.