Jaya Saxena
Correspondent
Jaya Saxena is a Correspondent at Eater.com, covering things like labor, queer food culture, and why American potato chips are so boring. She also serves as the series editor for the Best American Food and Travel Writing anthology. She lives in Queens.
For Restaurants in 2025, Change Is the Only Constant
Five years after the onset of the COVID pandemic, normalcy is increasingly a fragile concept
The Pandemic Pivots That Stuck
Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, our relationship to food and dining has undergone some permanent changes
What Should You Do if ICE Comes to Your Restaurant?
We spoke to legal experts about what restaurant owners and workers can do to protect themselves from immigration raids