Devra Ferst is a food and travel writer based in New York City. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler, Bon Appetit, NPR, and numerous other publications. In 2019, she set out for a two month trip around the Black Sea, using a cookbook as her guide. You can usually find her at a farmers market in Brooklyn, drinking çay on a ferry in Istanbul, or planning her next trip.