Yara Palin Yara Palin is the Branded Content Writer at Dotdash Meredith with a background in product roundups. She typically reviews home, beauty, and tech products. Experience Yara is a native New Yorker and as a result is always looking for products that bring peace back to her life. Education Yara has a B.A in Journalism from Lehman College. About Food & Wine Food & Wine, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is an award-winning online resource for anyone passionate about the culinary world. With rigorously tested recipes and the most trusted restaurant, drinks, culinary travel and home coverage, we inspire and empower people everywhere to discover, create, and devour the best in food and wine. Learn more about us and our editorial process.