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Anna Mindess is an award-winning writer and journalist focusing on food, culture, travel and immigrants’ stories. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, AFAR, Paste Magazine, Oakland Magazine, Edible East Bay Magazine, KQED Bay Area Bites and many other publications. Anna also works as an American Sign Language/English interpreter and is the author of several books and co-creator of several films about Deaf Culture that are used to train ASL students and interpreters around the world.
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Honors and Awards
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Association of Food Journalists
Best Food Essay - 2017 
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AFAR
Best Feel-Good Travel Stories (#6) - 2017 
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Symposium for Professional Food Writers
Special Mention - 2011 
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Selected Published Work:
AFAR
What I Learned Hawking Sweet Potatoes with a Street Vendor in Taiwan
I must look like a lunatic to the well-dressed people striding down a busy Taipei street at lunchtime... 
Edible East Bay Magazine
Can You Really Trust An Eggplant?
Place an eggplant on a plate and the shiny purple globe freely rolls from side to side. You may have never considered the vegetable in this light, but for Hindi speakers, the phrase “thali ka baingan” (eggplant on a plate) is a disparaging put-down for someone who likewise flip-flops, shifting loyalties so easily that they cannot be trusted... |
The Washington Post
All Signs Point to a Hit in San Francisco
Melody Stein’s hands stay mighty busy at Mozzeria, the Neapolitan pizza and small-plates restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission District. They make the dough, help create recipes and email vendors. They concoct the hoisin sauce that tops the popular roast duck pizza... 
Oakland Magazine
High-rises and Hutongs Define Beijing
Like a bowl of its intensely flavored noodles, Beijing is a tangle of contradictions. For centuries, the dragons painted on its ancient temples’ red and gold façades have watched the city serenely. Yet now, ultramodern high-rises spring up at the speed of light. Wander the twisting lanes in a few hutongs to feel the timeless pulse of daily life... 
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AFAR
Tips from a Sign Language Interpreter for Overcoming Language Barriers
On a recent trip to China, I entered a modest Beijing noodle shop, but saw no English translations in evidence. Since my Chinese vocabulary consists only of ni hao (hello) and xie xie (thank you), I realized that spoken words would get me nowhere... 
AFAR
Mastering the Art of Eating with the Hands
We are all born with a remarkable set of eating utensils. They are versatile, impossible to misplace, and relatively unbreakable. Millions of diners around the globe swear that neither slender sticks nor pointy metal objects are better designed to ferry food to our faces than our hands. If you’ve eaten pizza, a burger, or... 
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