Mackenzie Filson is a freelance food and beverage writer with bylines in Kitchn, PUNCH, Delish, EatingWell, and Dirty Spoon, among others. She also pairs books with wine in her newsletter, Book Sommelier. A graduate of both Emerson College’s Writing and Publishing programme as well as Columbia University’s publishing course, Mackenzie has previously worked in publicity at Penguin Random House for (almost exclusively) mass-market sci-fi bodice-rippers.