Jason Tushinski

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Location
Toronto
School
York University, Concordia University
Expertise
Off-Beat Food Spots, Food-Focused Road Trips, Pizza Fiend
  • Jason has authored food-centric road trip guides covering multiple routes across the U.S.
  • His favorite foods are Mexican and Indian. He hates cheese and first tried ketchup at the age of 25.
  • On a guided tour through Gloria Ferrer's Sonoma vineyard in California, Jason taste-tested a certain vintage and, after careful consideration, described it as "soury." The sommelier was not impressed.

Experience

Jason has been writing professionally for more than a decade. From 2021 to 2023, he wrote more than 1,000 pieces cars, road trips, and food for a car insurance and travel start-up. Before writing full-time, Jason worked as a producer, writer, and editor for a national television news organization. He is also an actor, having eaten cheeseburgers, candy bars, watermelon, and more in take after take after take...

Education

Jason holds both a B.A. and M.A. in history from York University in Toronto, Canada. He also holds a graduate diploma in journalism from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.
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