Olga Massov

Olga Massov is a food writer, editor, and cookbook author currently at work on her first cookbook as a primary author. She currently works at the Washington Post as assistant recipes editor on the Food desk.

Prior to this, Olga freelanced for The Washington Post, developed recipes, and co-authored cookbooks. Before that, she worked as a cookbook editor at Phaidon Press, and prior to that, as a cookbook collaborator and recipe developer. In her past life, she worked in finance.

Olga was born in Russia, grew up in Boston, and now lives in the D.C. area with her husband, Andrew Freedman, a journalist, their son, Avi, and their cat and dog.

Olga likes strong coffee, horizontal stripes, mid-century modern design, austere beaches of the Northeast and Brittany, and vintage silverware. She likes to eat (among many things): Wellfleet oysters, wild Maine blueberries, pickles, herring, all things potato, brisket, cabbage, tacos, and ice cream. She prefers wine to cocktails; beer to bubbly; and bourbon to vodka.

BOOKS – WRITTEN + CONTRIBUTED TO

Everyday Grand -- with Jocelyn Delk-Adams (Clarkson Potter, 2023)

100 Most Jewish Foods -- Alana Newhouse and Tablet (Artisan, 2019)

Genuine Pizza -- with James Beard-award winning chef Michael Schwartz (Abrams, 2019)

Plant Paradox Quick and Easy (Harper Wave, 2019)

Season With Authority – with Chef Marc Murphy (HMH, Spring 2015)

The Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream Cookbook – with Laura O’Neill, Ben Van Leeuwen, and Peter Van Leeuwen (Ecco, Spring 2015)

Marc Forgione: Recipes and Stories from the Acclaimed Chef and Restaurant with Iron Chef Marc Forgione (HMH, Spring 2014)

The Kimchi Cookbook with Lauryn Chun (Ten Speed Press, Fall 2012)

BOOKS – EDITED

Fall 2015

Toast by Raquel Pelzel

Mexico From the Inside Out by Enrique Olvera

Tacopedia by Deborah Holtz and Juan Carlos Mena

Spring 2016

Studio Olafur Eliasson: The Kitchen by Olafur Eliasson

Food & Beer by Daniel Burns and Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø with Joshua David Stein

Fall 2016

Central by Virgilio Martínez with Nicholas Gill

Regarding Cocktails by Sasha Petraske with Georgette Moger-Petraske

Spring 2017

Where Bartenders Drink by Adrienne Stillman

On Vegetables by Jeremy Fox with Noah Galuten

Vegan: The Cookbook by Jean-Christian Jury

Fall 2017

Boragó by Rodolfo Guzmán

America: The Cookbook by Gabrielle Langholtz

Elizabeth Street Café with Tom Moorman and Larry McGuire with Julia Turshen

Where to Drink Coffee by Liz Clayton and Avidan Ross

Spring 2018

Japan: The Cookbook by Nancy Singleton Hachisu

Aska by Fredrik Berselius

PRINT + DIGITAL

My work has appeared in The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times (photography and food styling), Patch, Serious Eats, New York Magazine (digital), My Jewish Learning, the Cooking Channel, and Kitchn.

RADIO

The Food Seen, Heritage Radio, September 2013