Nicole has contributed to Heritage Radio Network, First We Feast, Cherry Bombe, Amtrak, Gravy, Travel Noire and founded The Modern Travelers' Green Zine. Her debut book The Up South Cookbook: Chasing Dixie in a Brooklyn Kitchen has been featured in The New York Times, Ebony Magazine, The Atlanta Journal-Constiution and New Republic. Taylor lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.