Kae Lani Palmisano is a multimedia editor, journalist and an Emmy Award-winning TV host with extensive experience in storytelling for print, digital, video, and broadcast platforms. She hosts WHYY's Check, Please! Philly, a television show highlighting restaurants in the Philadelphia region, and the host and writer of Delishtory on PBS Food, a digital series exploring the history of food. She is also the food editor for Philadelphia magazine and the curious mind behind The Potluck newsletter. Her work has been featured in Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025, Food & Wine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA TODAY, and more.

As a storyteller and “edutainer,” Kae Lani is obsessed with the history and culture of cuisine. While some travelers follow their hearts, she has spent over a decade following her gut, researching foodways and culinary traditions across four continents. Her travels have taken her from exploring the Spice Route through the Middle East and Europe to foraging with the Māori in New Zealand. 

As a journalist, editor, and video producer, she has whisked audiences away to forage with chefs in Philadelphia, find sunken treasure off the Missouri River, tour an urban mushroom farm, explore the rural New Zealand countryside where movie director James Cameron has a farm, and visit Montreal’s famous smoked meat sandwich joint (that’s co-owned by Céline Dion).

In her spare time, Kae Lani enjoys hanging out in the kitchen with her husband Jon and daughter Eureka, cooking through their cookbook collection, experimenting with fermentation, and preserving the bounty from their home garden.