On January 24, 2024, the world lost an amazing human with the passing of Teresa Ann Politano. who served as the editor of Edible Jersey from 2017 to 2020. In addition to Teresa’s many professional accolades—author, editor, college professor—she was a beloved wife, mother, daughter, and sister, as well as an incredible mentor and friend to many, including myself. I first met Teresa in the fall of 2017 at the suggestion of Jenn Hall, another Edible Jersey alumna. The three of us met at a teahouse in Philadelphia’s Chinatown, where I nervously pitched Teresa an idea I had for a beverage column titled “Slow Drinks.”
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Teresa Politano was the editor of Rutgers University Press’s Reflections on the Pandemic: COVID and Social Crises in the Year Everything Changed.