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Shane Mitchell

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As seen in: Aol, Saveur, Medium, MSN, The New York Times, Bloomberg News, MDPI, Substack, Flipboard, Serious Eats, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine and
Covers:  Food activism, culinary history, profiles, art, music, film.
Writes stuff for a living. she/her/🤦🏻‍♀️ Also Editor at Large for @SAVEURMAG

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Shane Mitchell’s Journalist Portfolio

The Crop Cycle: Stories with Deep Roots

The Crop Cycle: Stories with Deep Roots

The Crop Cycle: Stories with Deep Roots is an episodic nonfiction narrative about consequential food historie…

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Raising Cane - THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

Raising Cane - THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

A root word for sugar isśarkarā, meaning gravel or sand in Sanskrit. The related Arabic phrase is sukkar. Fro…

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An Undeserved Gift - THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

An Undeserved Gift - THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

No one can say for sure who carried the first okra pods across the Atlantic. The location of origin is also o…

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Articles

Where to Eat, Drink, and Shop on the Island of Hawai‘i

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By Shane Mitchell Published on April 28, 2026 This piece originally appeared in SAVEUR’s Spring/Summer 2026 issue. See more stories from Issue 206 here. Of all the islands in the world, Hawai‘i pulls at my heart strings like an auntie strumming her ukulele. It draws me across the Pacific again and again, and there’s always a moment, while passing through the vast lava plain between Mauna Kea and Hualālai, when the arc of the earth presents itself and I hold my breath in wonder.
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Where to Eat, Drink, and Shop on the Island of Hawai‘i

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By Shane Mitchell 
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Eve Plumb Answers the 10 Questions She’s Most Asked 50 Years After ‘The Brady Bunch’ The ’70s sitcom star is still asked the same questions over and over. Brady Bunch star Eve Plumb is sharing her life story in her memoir, Happiness …
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Celebrating 20 Years of the Charleston Wine + Food Festival

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By Shane Mitchell 
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By Shane Mitchell Published on February 27, 2026 Before we pick up our forks, let’s invoke the ancestors: Southern culinary mentors like Martha Lou Gadsden, Louis Osteen, Robert Carter, Emily Meggett, and Joseph “Chef Joe” Glascoe Randall are the ones who taught us to never stir a pot of rice, and why it’s sacrilege to add sugar to cornbread or grits. Without their guidance, we wouldn’t be celebrating this kind of food today.
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Awards

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Pen America

2025 - Art of the Essay

Long listed for The Crop Cycle.

James Beard Foundation

2023 - M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing

James Beard Foundation

2023 - Feature Reporting

James Beard Foundation

2022 - Feature Reporting

Nominee

James Beard Foundation

2020 - MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award, nominee

James Beard Foundation

2019 - Foodways

James Beard Foundation

2018 - MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award

James Beard Foundation

2017 - Food and Culture

James Beard Foundation

2016 - Food and Culture, nominee

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