TERESA POLITANO
author, editor & restaurant critic
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About Teresa Politano
Teresa Politano is the former editor of Edible Jersey magazine, winner in 2018 of a coveted IACP award. She is an award-winning journalist, author and adjunct professor at Rutgers University.



Her work has been published in Gastronomica, the Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Pittsburgh Press, NJ Monthly, The Star-Ledger and Inside Jersey. She is a former member of the NJ Higher Education Leadership Council. She holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

She is author of Single-Handed (TBA), and Celebrity Chefs of New Jersey (Rutgers University Press, 2010).


New Jersey Food Journal

Appearances & Events

Wine & Words

A Creative Writing Excursion & Wine Tasting

At Mount Salem Vineyards

Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021

5-7 p.m.

Reserve at mountsalemvineyards.com
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Teresa Politano interviewed Ina Garten at the Count Basie Theatre to a sold-out crowd. Bobby Flay was another theatre guest, to another sold-out crowd, asked by Politano to disclose his most sexy dish and share memories of summers at the Jersey Shore.

Politano also is an annual judge for the International Chocolate Awards.

Contact us to book a speaking engagement, book-signing event, moderate a celebrity Q&A or judge a culinary contest.
Selected Work & Reviews
  • Oyster farmer reviving Barnegat Bay's rich shellfish bounty
  • Presilla, Queen of the Dessert
  • Don't Forget the Tomatoes for My Funeral
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