News Zach Brooks: Food Blogger These 40 up-and-comers—all 40 years old or younger—are changing the way Americans eat and drink, from a vodka distiller who rewrote Nebraska's Prohibition-era laws to a White House chef who's fiercely fighting to improve school-lunch programs. By Food & Wine Editors Updated on March 31, 2016 Share Tweet Pin Email Zach Brooks: Food Blogger Photo © Alexandra Penfold. If chefs now think launching a food truck is a good idea, they may have Brooks to thank. Four years ago, the 34-year-old launched his Midtown Lunch website in Manhattan with the belief that a tasty, $10-or-less lunch is every office worker's inalienable right. Now he has thousands of followers with whom he shares his discoveries of schnitzel trucks and the like, and he has expanded to L.A. and Philadelphia. Plus Go to Zach Brooks's blog to read more Robert Litt: Urban-Farm Pioneer More Inspiring Food Personalities 40 and Under Jennifer Rubell Siggi Hilmarsson Sam Kass Zach Brooks Robert Litt Brett Beach & Tim McCollum Geoff Bartakovics & Nick Fauchald Matt Timms Michael Kirban & Ira Liran Emily Olson & Rob LaFave Brendan Newman & Rico Gagliano Matthew Cain Anya Fernald Kenji Lopez-Alt Frances Ro Charles Bieler Chris Parachini & Brandon Hoy Tata Harper Annemarie Ahearn Minh Tsai Amanda Hesser Matt Jennings Alison Pincus Tracey Brandt Rob Cooper Christian Ettinger Peter Karpinski Nicolas Jammet, Nathaniel Ru & Jonathan Neman Zac Triemert Anthony Myint & Danny Bowien Jeremy Tooker Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit