Nik Sharma  is the writer, cookbook author, photographer, and recipe developer behind A Brown Table, an award-winning blog that has garnered best-ofs from Saveur, Parade, Better Homes &amp;amp; Gardens, and the IACP. His weekly column, A Brown Kitchen, appears in the San Francisco Chronicle and has written for Saveur, Taste, Food52, Eater, among others. His first solo cookbook, Season:Big Flavors, Beautiful Food was one of named one of the best cookbooks of the year by the Named a Best Cookbook of 2018 by  The New York Times ,  The Washington Post ,  The Boston Globe ,  The Chicago Tribune , Food Network,  Bon Appetit , Food52 (Piglet Contender), Edible Communities, The BBC,  The Independent ,  The Sunday Times ,  The Telegraph ,  The National Post , and  The New Zealand Listener . Nik lives in Oakland, California with his husband and their two pets.