Jackie Bryant

Bio

Jackie is a freelance food, beverage, travel and design writer who lives in San Diego. Her work can be found on the web and in print in Afar, Roads & Kingdoms, Eater, Atlas Obscura, KCET, San Diego Magazine and many more.

Native Hawaiians see a silver lining to destruction caused by recent volcanic eruptions

By Jackie Bryant

The shake jolted me awake — I was sleeping in a stilted cottage in Volcano village on Hawaii island, not far from the summit of the Kilauea volcano, and my room and all of its contents were swaying back and forth. A text message alert confirmed what…

In Mexicali, Mexican and Chinese food meet in a distinct, delicious way

By Jackie Bryant

“It means ‘welcome’ in Chinese,” a man said to me in Spanish, looking up at me from a grey velvet loveseat. He pointed to the wooden sign I was looking at, with large, gold Chinese characters set against a red background. I was in Mexicali, a city…