Amanda Albee
Dallas Contributor
Amanda is a diehard reservationist and donut fanatic with a freelance writing career that includes coverage of congressional spending packages for meatpacking plants, lawsuits against the USDA, and where to find the best Punjabi dhabas between Texas and Oklahoma. She grew up with restaurant people, from staff Christmas parties at her grandfather’s bar to her first job waitressing at a truck stop diner off Route 66 in Oklahoma. She has spent most of her life in Dallas, consuming a lot of Tex Mex, and she has also partaken in an innumerable amount of arepas de huevo and pão de queijo during her years living in Cartagena and Rio de Janeiro. She is currently seeking someone who’ll hire her to write the next New York Times best-selling book about the world of food and drinks, as she sees it.
Fun Facts
-
Lives in
Dallas, TX -
First Resy ever made
Macellaio in 2018. It was David and Jennifer Uyger’s now-closed salumeria, and the present-day Lucia. -
Restaurant you’ve been to the most
Georgie in Highland Park. -
Favorite food movie
“Babette’s Feast.” (Fun fact: My doppelgänger is Annabeth Gish, or Kat in the film “Mystic Pizza.”) -
Next on your bucket list
Semma in New York, Pêche in New Orleans, and Lutèce the next time I visit family in D.C. -
Your Ratatouille moment
I grew up knowing my grandfather “Pa Pa” as the person to hang with if I wanted to dine out. He always ordered crab legs if they were on the menu. His cracking skills were impressive, and he loved leaving $100 bills for tips. -
Favorite food city
São Paulo, Montreal, and Houston — in that order.
