editor in chief

Celia Cheng

Celia Cheng launched Cravings in 2005 as a guide to satiating food cravings and to share restaurant recommendations. Cravings enabled her to combine her passion for dining, traveling, writing and design. She has also been able to utilize her expertise and experience from her management consulting and online advertising background to develop Cravings into a full-fledged online magazine. Celia holds a B.A. in Japanese Studies from Columbia University and an M.F.A. in Design from the School of Visual Arts. Raised between Taiwan and Hawaii, and having lived and worked in Japan, she is fluent in both Chinese and Japanese.

wine editor

Cynthia Sin-Yi Cheng

Cynthia Sin-Yi Cheng is the founder of cyn-et-vin (“sin-nay-van”), a premier wine-tasting company that specializes in intimate champagne events. She is also wine editor at Cravings, where she manages the columns Sipping and Happening. Her teaching posts include Murray’s Cheese and The French Culinary Institute, and she represents the Shanghai Wine Society as their U.S. Ambassador. A frequent traveler, who speaks French and Mandarin as well as Japanese, Cynthia’s articles have appeared or are forthcoming in The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Departure, Golf Connoisseur, Town&Country Wedding and Condé Nast Portofolio.com. Her wine credentials include an advanced certificate with distinction from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET), and membership in The Society of Wine Educators. She is also the treasurer of The Wine Media Guild.

contributor

Mort Hochstein

Mort Hochstein, former writer-editor-producer for NBC News and the Today Show, learned about food in his family’s bakery in Somerville, NJ and in the kitchens of Memorial Hospital, where he worked while attending Syracuse University. A former managing editor and beverage columnist for Nation’s Restaurant News, he has contributed to Saveur, Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Better Homes and Gardens and leading trade journals in the wine industry. His travels as a wine writer have taken him to Australia, South Africa and the major vineyards of Europe. He makes a mean bouillabaisse.

contributor

Cristy-Lucie Alvarado

Cristy-Lucie Alvarado was born and raised in south Texas near the border with Mexico and came to New York in 2002. Originally from Panama, her parents are both naturally talented in the kitchen and inevitably passed on their love and knowledge of food. Her move to New York has broadened and heightened her interest in the culinary world. Cristy enjoys baking, African dance, and hunting down the perfect croissant. She graduated from Fashion Institute of Technology with a B.A. in Advertising and Marketing and is now completing her M.A. in Food Studies at New York University.

contributor

Everett Hutt

Everett Hutt has lived in Paris for over eight years. When not working at his day job in marketing and business development, he spends his time enjoying all that Paris and France have to offer in the way of great wine and food. In addition, he is an extensive traveler, having thus far visited 49 of the 50 states in the U.S. and 69 other countries. He continues to explore the wonders of the world and frequently shares those experiences with Cravings readers. Everett is a graduate of Yale University and holds both M.B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

contributor

Roy Q. Luckett

Roy Q. Luckett is the music contributor for Cravings. He was born in Meridian, Mississippi and grew up in Bowling Green, Ohio and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Roy earned his B.A. and J.D. at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, respectively. His love of music extends to many different genres, and he enjoys making elaborate compilation CDs for friends as a creative outlet. He lives with his lovely wife Maureen in a Northern Virginia city near Washington, D.C., where he is currently an attorney for the Federal Government.

copy editor

Sonya Collins

Sonya Collins is a freelance writer and translator (Portuguese-English) and the copy editor for Cravings. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, she has spent the last ten years between New York City and Brazil. Holding B.A. and M.F.A. degrees in Creative Writing from the City University of New York and New School University respectively, she has taught writing courses at Hunter College and Parsons School of Design. She currently lives on the island of Florianópolis off the southern coast of Brazil.

researcher

Olivia Senensieb

Olivia Senensieb, who lives in London, recently graduated with a B.A. in Spanish and Italian from Oxford University. She loves cooking (especially baking), eating out and discovering great new restaurants that she can recommend to anyone who’ll listen. She has always had a special place in her heart for Italian food and, while living in Southern Italy, acquired plenty of local recipes as well as an undying love for authentic Neapolitan pizza. She spent last summer driving from New York to Los Angeles and back again, and particularly enjoyed the Grand Canyon, Hearst Castle and the diner breakfasts.