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Lindsay Christians (she/hers) is the food and culture editor at The Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin. She is the author of two books, “Madison Chefs: Stories of Food, Farms and People” (UW Press, 2021) and "The Osteria Papavero Cookbook: Recipes from the Italian shack and beyond" with Francesco Mangano (Little Creek Press, 2023).  

In addition to the Cap Times, Lindsay's food writing has also appeared in Daily Coffee News, Eating Well, Feast & Field, Growler, The Heavy Table and Zagat, as well as “The Secret Atlas of North Coast Food” (2013). 

In 2016, she founded a podcast about food and drink in Madison called The Corner Table (2016-2021), which revived in 2024 for a limited series on "Top Chef Wisconsin." She currently runs Cooking with the Cap Times. This monthly series featuring Madison-area chefs streamed live from Kessenich's Innovation Center starting in February 2021 and moved to Furniture & ApplianceMart in September 2024. 

Lindsay is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association. She was a longtime volunteer for the Jerry Awards Student Critics program and the Jerry Awards high school musical theater program, both at Overture Center for the Arts. She has a BA in journalism from Michigan State University and an MA in theater research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She lives in Madison with her husband and two identical black cats.