Nilou Motamed, former top editor of digital food publisher Epicurious, has been named editor-in-chief of restaurant, travel and cooking monthly mainstay Food & Wine.

Motamed joins Food & Wine from Conrad Hotels & Resorts, where she served as director. Prior to her term as Epicurious editor-in-chief, she was senior correspondent and features director for Travel + Leisure.

She begins her new position at Food & Wine in March.

The news follows the departure of longtime Food & Wine editor Dana Cowin, who left the publication in November after more than 20 years. Cowin now serves as chief creative officer of Food & Wine-affiliated Chefs Club International, which has restaurants in Aspen, CO and downtown Manhattan.

Food & Wine is owned by magazine empire Time Inc., which also publishes Sports Illustrated, People, InStyle, Travel + Leisure, Fortune, and 80 other titles.