Alison Roman is the host of the Home Movies series on YouTube and author of “A Newsletter,” the most popular food newsletter on Substack. Prior to that, she was a columnist for the New York Times Food section and a former senior food editor at Bon Appétit. The author of Dining In and Nothing Fancy, Alison has worked professionally in kitchens such as New York's Momofuku Milk Bar and San Francisco's Quince. Originally from Los Angeles, she now lives in Brooklyn. Her platform continues to grow – since her first book Dining In, her Instagram following has jumped from 66k to 672k.