Food for THOUGHT

At home in Brooklyn, chef SOPHIA ROE likes her tea sweet and her wine with a side of green beans

Vanities/My Place

"I AM DEEPLY inspired by people on their own daily quests to tackle the most vibrant city in the world," says Sophia Roe, a chef and writer who cut her teeth in the Eleven Madison Park kitchen and whose Emmy-nominated Vice TV show, Counter Space, teaches not just recipes but the habits and politics that make up the global food system. This fall she's producing a podcast, UMake Me Happy, which will highlight people and places that bring joy—a counter to the heavy news cycle. The Bed-Stuy resident makes time for upstate hikes and mushroom foraging but lives for "home, sweet home," favoring local outposts like Patinga ("the best coconut milk!") and HealHaus, an inclusive wellness cafe offering everything from "zen coladas" to meditation courses.

ALLISON SCHALLER