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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One great cookbook: Molly Stevens' 'All About Dinner'
The Week Recommends This book is a problem solver, whether you need inspiration, careful instruction of complex ideas or crave success with the ABCs of cooking dinner
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7 bars for drinking your way through the summer months
The Week Recommends Lots of frozen drinks, of course. But, most of all, easy-breezy, welcoming vibes.
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8 new cookbooks ready to make your summer hum
The Week Recommends The most special of Vietnamese food, Italian American baking for all and a primer on turning beloved cocktails into freezer versions of themselves
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9 recipes to cook (or not cook) during the hot summer months
The Week Recommends Freshness and ease are where it's at from July through September
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8 cocktail recipes for your every summer need
The Week Recommends Beat the heat back with well-chosen refreshment
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8 touring productions to see this summer before they end their runs
The Week Recommends Is four movie adaptations sufficient for one season?
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8 standout restaurants worth visiting this summer
The Week Recommends Cafés upending norms, a rooftop with natural wine and Sicilian eats and a Pacific Northwest bistro
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Cristina Rivera Garza continues crossing borders into award-winning territories
In the Spotlight The prolific Mexican author just won the 2024 Pulitzer for Memoir or Autobiography
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One great cookbook: Madhur Jaffrey's 'Vegetarian India'
The Week Recommends The 2015 tome will reshape how you think about both vegetables and Indian food
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8 genre-defining Black country, folk and blues musicians
The Week Recommends Keeping the legacy alive, even when the industry tries to keep them down
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8 movie musicals that prove the screen can share the stage
The Week Recommends The singing and dancing, bigger than life itself
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6 queer poets to read whenever but especially now
The Week Recommends April is National Poetry Month
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Kerala: one Indian state, four exhilarating ways
The Week Recommends The southwestern region pretty much has it all, from beachfront, to port metropolis, to verdant mountainside
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The remarkable comedy of Julio Torres
The Explainer His latest endeavor, "Problemista," continues his peerless artistic run
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Christina Sharpe, the influential author and intellectual who sees America as it is
The Explainer Sharpe reshapes words and concepts to better know Blackness and the United States
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7 bars here for your spring thirst
The Week Recommends Seven cities. Seven exciting drinking destinations.
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7 touring theater productions to see this spring
The Week Recommends With appearances by Tina Turner and Michael Jackson
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7 bright cocktails to usher in spring
The Week Recommends The brisk months require a certain kind of drinking
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9 restaurants primed for spring dining
The Week Recommends Winter be gone. Appetites are ready for the warmer months.
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7 fresh and flavorful recipes to cook this spring
The Week Recommends Get down with the green stuff
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The rapturous cinematic power of real cooking in 'The Taste of Things'
Under the Radar The newly released French movie revels in the slow, methodical magic of the kitchen
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One NYT Opinion writer vs. gender-affirming youth care
In the Spotlight A complex, important issue turned into a media battlefield
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The Stanley tumbler craze is far more than a viral trend run amok
In the Spotlight The USA is doing what it does best
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All the reasons Chita Rivera will forever be a legend
The Explainer The dancing, singing actress died at 91. But her legacy is iron-clad.
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