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Matt Goulding
Born
Matt Goulding
Alma materUCLA
Occupation(s)Journalist and writer
Years active2005–present
Known forEat This, Not That
TitleCo-founder and publisher of Roads & Kingdoms
SpouseLaura Perez Gonzalez

Matt Goulding is an American food journalist, book author, and producer based in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2] He was food editor at Men's Health magazine, where he wrote the column Eat This, Not That, which became a book series .[3][4] In 2012, he co-founded Roads & Kingdoms with longtime foreign correspondent Nathan Thornburgh. They were joined in 2015 by television host and author Anthony Bourdain, who remained a partner and editor-at-large at Roads & Kingdoms until Bourdain's death in 2018.[5][6]

Early life

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Born to a Catholic family, Goulding grew up in Northern California and North Carolina. His mother was a travel agent and his father was an insurance salesman, and he is the youngest of four brothers. After graduating high school, he attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he wrote for the Daily Bruin and Student Traveler.[3]

He was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease when he was 15 years old. Regarding his illness, he has said, “The two ironies of my food life are one, that I come from a family that didn't really value food, and the other is that I ended up being deeply in love with this world of food but nevertheless have a digestive illness that presents all these interesting challenges and new adventures out there for me.”[3]

Early career

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In Raleigh, Goulding worked as a cook for Macaroni Grill and 42nd Street Oyster Bar. After graduating college, he worked as a cook in Patagonia.[3][7]

He began his editorial career as an intern for Harper’s Magazine, where he worked under Lewis Lapham. At the end of his internship, he chose to take an offer from Men's Health, where he covered food and travel.[3][8]

Goulding met his wife Laura Perez on a trip to Barcelona, where they now live together.[9]

Eat This, Not That

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While he was working at Men's Health, Goulding was approached by a senior editor at Rodale with the concept for a recurring front of the magazine feature called “Eat This Not That”. The franchise eventually became a book that sold over a million copies and spawned a 18-volume book series, TV series, and magazine. Goulding’s co-author, David Zinczenko, remains the CEO of the franchise.[10][11][3]

Roads & Kingdoms

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Goulding first met future Roads & Kingdoms partner Anthony Bourdain in 2010, when Bourdain was filming “No Reservations” with Spanish-American chef José Andrés, whom Goulding was profiling.[5] In 2012, Goulding partnered with Nathan Thornburgh to launch Roads & Kingdoms, an online publication focusing on culture and politics through food and travel.[3] While on his honeymoon in Japan, Goulding sent Bourdain a sake-fueled email with an idea for a book delving into Japan’s food culture.[12] Bourdain agreed to publish the book through his HarperCollins imprint. The resulting book was the award-winning Rice, Noodle, Fish. Bourdain also expressed his interest in joining Roads & Kingdoms and he soon became an investor, partner, and editor-at-large at the company.[3][5][13][14] In 2018, Roads & Kingdoms’ digital series for Bourdain’s CNN show “Parts Unknown” won an Emmy Award for Best Short Form Non-Fiction, with Goulding receiving an Emmy for his work as executive producer.[15]

Goulding published two more books with Bourdain through Roads & Kingdoms: Pasta, Pane, Vino, and Grape, Olive, Pig.[16][17] He is co-authoring a cookbook, Vegetables Unleashed, with José Andrés, which was released on May 21, 2019.[18]

Books

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  • Pasta, Pane, Vino: Deep Travels Through Italy’s Food Culture (Roads & Kingdoms Presents), 2018[16]
  • Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain’s Food Culture, 2016[17]
  • Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan’s Food Culture, 2015[19]
  • The Eat This, Not That Series, 2008–Present

Accolades

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  • 2019 National Magazine Award for Website, Service and Lifestyle[20]
  • 2018 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Non-Fiction[21]
  • 2018 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Food Section[22]
  • 2017 James Beard Foundation Award for Publication of the Year[23]
  • 2017 IACP Award, Literary Food Writing for Grape, Olive, Pig[17]
  • Amazon Best Book of November 2016: Cookbooks, Food and Wine, Grape, Olive, Pig[17]
  • 2016 Travel Book of the Year, Society of American Travel Writers, for Rice, Noodle, Fish[19]
  • Finalist for the 2016 IACP Awards: Literary Food Writing, Rice, Noodle, Fish[19]
  • Named one of the Financial Times' "Best Books of 2016", Rice, Noodle, Fish[19]
  • 2013 Society of American Travel Writers Gold Award for Best Travel Journalism Site[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Q A: NATHAN THORNBURGH, ROADS & KINGDOMS". DUMBO. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  2. ^ "Matt Goulding". HarperCollins.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Levine, Ed. "Special Sauce: Roads & Kingdoms' Matt Goulding On Moms, Tweets, and Bourdain". Serious Eats.
  4. ^ Gernstetter, Blake (April 29, 2009). "Rodale To Develop Eat This, Not That! TV Series". AdWeek.
  5. ^ a b c Settembre, Jeanette (June 23, 2018). "The most meaningful advice Anthony Bourdain gave his longtime friend Matt Goulding". MarketWatch.
  6. ^ Galarza, Daniel (May 27, 2015). "Anthony Bourdain Invests in Food and Culture Website Roads & Kingdoms". Eater.
  7. ^ Miller, Joe (April 19, 2010). "AN UNLIKELY ROAD FOR EAT THIS NOT THAT'S MATT GOULDING". GetGoingNYC.
  8. ^ "Matt Goulding Executive Profile". Bloomberg. 17 December 2023.
  9. ^ Goulding, Matt (December 2, 2016). "Spain: a Love Story Told in 10 Dishes". GetGoingNYC.
  10. ^ Gernstetter, Blake (April 29, 2009). "Rodale To Develop Eat This, Not That! TV Series". AdWeek.
  11. ^ "About Us". Eat This, Not That.
  12. ^ "ANTHONY BOURDAIN INVESTED IN THIS WEBSITE AFTER FOUNDER SENT HIM A DRUNKEN EMAIL". AdAge. May 27, 2015.
  13. ^ Alpert, Lukas (May 27, 2015). "Anthony Bourdain Bets Big on Travel Site Roads & Kingdoms". Wall Street Journal.
  14. ^ Cohen, Brad (May 29, 2015). "Anthony Bourdain invested in travel website Roads and Kingdoms, and we couldn't be more excited". USA Today.
  15. ^ "Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown". Television Academy.
  16. ^ a b "Pasta, Pane, Vino". HarperCollins.
  17. ^ a b c d "Grape, Olive, Pig". HarperCollins.
  18. ^ "Vegetables Unleashed". HarperCollins.
  19. ^ a b c d "Rice, Noodle, Fish". HarperCollins.
  20. ^ "2019 Ellies Website, Service and Lifestyle".
  21. ^ "Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown". Television Academy.
  22. ^ Canavan, Hillary (May 7, 2018). "Here Is the Full List of 2018 James Beard Foundation Media Award Winners". Eater.
  23. ^ "THE 2017 JBF PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR: ROADS & KINGDOMS". James Beard. April 25, 2017.
  24. ^ "SATW FOUNDATION LOWELL THOMAS TRAVEL JOURNALIST COMPETITION". SATW. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
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