Shane Mitchell

Shane Mitchell is a Saveur contributing editor. Formerly, she was Travel + Leisure‘s special correspondent. Her writing has also appeared in Australian Gourmet Traveller, Afar, Bon Appétit, Bitter Southerner, Departures, Serious Eats, and other publications. She is a James Beard Foundation Award finalist and has received the IACP Culinary Writing prize. She kayaks on the St. Lawrence River and collects handmade knives wherever she travels. When not on the road, she lives in New York’s North Country.