Laura Martin is a freelance journalist who has covered food and drink stories for 15 years. Her work on global and local food trends has taken her across the world, from Japan and China, to Morocco, Mexico and Iceland. Her features have appeared in publications like The Guardian, Esquire, BBC, Metro, VICE and The i newspaper. She previously edited a successful food blog devoted to the dining scene in east London, and ran a pop-up brunch club as part of it. You'll usually find her online, prematurely checking out the menu of the restaurant she's eating at tonight, and you can get in touch with her on X @laurz_m.