Scott Hocker, The Week US
Scott Hocker is a freelance writer and editor at The Week Digital. He has worked front- and back-of-the-house in fine-dining restaurants and written food, travel, culture and lifestyle stories for local, national and international publications for more than 20 years. Scott also has more than 15 years of experience creating, implementing and managing content initiatives while working across departments to grow companies. His most recent editorial post was as editor-in-chief of Liquor.com, which was acquired by Dotdash Meredith in 2019. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of Tasting Table, where he helped grow the food media company into a powerhouse lifestyle brand during the 2010s. Prior to that, Scott was a senior editor at San Francisco magazine, during which the magazine won a National Magazine Award for General Excellence.
He has won James Beard and International Association of Culinary Professionals awards and in 2012 was selected for Out magazine’s annual OUT 100 list of artists, creatives and other power players in the LGBTQ+ community.
Scott lives (mostly) in Bogotá, Colombia, and tries to ensure every day includes a ridiculously long walk and a ridiculously short nap.
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6 welcoming recipes for cooking and baking during your spring days
The Week Recommends You want it flavorful, and you want it exciting
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Spring's best new cookbooks, from pizza to pastries
The Week Recommends Pizza, an array of brownies and Cantonese-American mash-ups are on the menu
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These are the 8 restaurants to eat at this spring
The Week Recommends An array of cuisines at noteworthy restaurants across the US
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7 refreshing, easy-breezy cocktails for the spring season
The Week Recommends Shoulder season meets the best of seasonal drinking
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7 new and long-established musicals to see on tour this spring
The Week Recommends Even 'Les Misérables' is back on the road
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One Great Cookbook: 'Snacking Cakes'
The Week Recommends Modest baking with big impact
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Costalegre: a tranquil coastal destination on the Mexican Pacific
The Week Recommends A quieter, less developed take on the luxurious beach life
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Holocaust tourism and what art has to say about it
In the Spotlight New movies and a new book try to make sense of the Holocaust generations later
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One great cookbook: 'Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables' by Joshua McFadden with Martha Holmberg
The Week Recommends Fresh ways with dozens of vegetables ensures restaurant-quality cooking at home
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Fukuoka: a Japanese metropolis with vibrant history, superb eating and a whole lot less tourists
The Week Recommends A harborside Japanese city that meshes the ancient and the very modern
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One great cookbook: 'A Girl and Her Greens' by April Bloomfield
The Week Recommends Vegetables deserve the best. In this chef-author's hands, they achieve their ultimate potential.
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7 new cookbooks for winter cooking projects and edible solace
The Week Recommends 'Tis the season for both big-time cooking endeavors and simple pleasures
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7 drinks for every winter need possible
The Week Recommends Including a variety of base spirits and a range of temperatures
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7 restaurants that beat winter at its own chilly game
The Week Recommends Classic, new and certain to feed you well
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2024: the year of movie musicals
In the Spotlight 'Wicked' is merely the latest in a run of musical-minded films this year
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One great cookbook: 'Mastering Spice' by Lior Lev Sercarz with Genevieve Ko
The Week Recommends The small delights of good spices put to buzzy use
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8 bars for winter drinking of all types
The Week Recommends The season's picks include top-tier tiki, a dive with a stellar lobster roll and a minimalist cocktail bar
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The holidays need an array of dishes. These 7 recipes to the delicious rescue.
The Week Recommends New Year's Eve, post-gathering brunch and a healthy vegetable contrast are all present.
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These 7 touring theater productions are ready to carry you through the holidays and into the new year
The Week Recommends Your favorite movie-turned-musical might be coming to a city near you
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Meet Youngmi Mayer, the renegade comedian whose frank new memoir is a blitzkrieg to the genre
The Week Recommends 'I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying' details a biracial life on the margins, with humor as salving grace
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One great cookbook: 'The Zuni Café Cookbook' by Judy Rodgers
The Week Recommends A tome that teaches you to both recreate recipes and think like a cook
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Stay sharp with the country's best knife shops
The Week Recommends A dull knife is a kitchen's worst nightmare
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5 online spice shops that will breathe life into your cooking and baking
The Week Recommends Accessing fresh spices does not have to be a grind
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9 movies where food is the main course
The Week Recommends With films from Japan, France, Hong Kong, the US and Britain
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