Selected Writing
Food & Culture
- The Siren Song of Starbucks, Vox
- The Great Escape, Vox
- What Happens When ‘the Justin Bieber of Food’ Grows Up?, Grub Street
- I Don’t Eat Meat. Should My Dog?, Vox
- How We Stopped Counting Calories and Learned to Love Spindrift, Vox
- ‘Nobody Can Keep Up With Him’ (José Andrés profile), Grub Street
- I Tried the Wim Hof Method to Find Happiness Through Suffering, Bon Appétit
- How Did Home Cooking Become a Moral Issue?, Vox
- I Drank From the $80 Crystal Water Bottle. Here's My Story., Bon Appétit
- My Intrepid Quest for a Non-Alcoholic Cocktail I Actually Want to Drink, Bon Appétit
- Can You Really Make Superiority Burgers at Home?, Grub Street
- It’s Difficult to Talk About Soviet Food, Taste
- Where Do Figure Skating Costumes Come From?, Racked
- How Food Network Turned Big-city Chef Culture Into Middle-America Pop Culture, Grub Street
- Defending the Uncanny Valley of Fake Meats, Taste
- ‘Top Chef,’ ‘The Voice,’ and ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Recaps, NYMag.com (Grub Street, Vulture)
- How to Eat for a Longer Life (There’s Still Alcohol), Bon Appétit
- A Cultural History of Ugly Bridesmaids Dresses, Racked
Essays & Rants
- In Praise of the Walking Coffee, Grub Street
- I Went on a Crazy Expensive Quest for the Best Sleep of My Life, Bon Appétit
- I Spent an Entire Day on a Meditation Bus and It Was Very, Very Quiet, Bon Appétit
- Kate Middleton and Me: A Year in Review, The Date Report
- Failing at Life, Succeeding at Dogs, The Toast
- All the Books I Lied About Reading to Impress Guys (and Then Read Anyway), The Date Report
- Can We All Just Acknowledge Communal Tables Are Terrible?, The Date Report
- I Love You Guys, But I Hate Your Honeyfund, Swimmingly
Advice & Wisdom
- Why You Need a Canning Funnel, Even if You Don't Can, Lifehacker
- How to Complain Without Sounding Like A Brat, Deadspin
- Why Everyone Needs a Lemon Squeezer, The Kitchn
- The Perfect Christmas Gift for Everyone Is an Immersion Blender (No, Really), The Date Report
- Getting a Haircut with My Boyfriend was a Terrible Idea, Swimmingly
Books
- Interview: Jennifer Egan (Cover), Kirkus Reviews
- Interview: Rumaan Alam (Cover), Kirkus Reviews
- Interview: Jillian Medoff (Cover), Kirkus Reviews
- Why E-Tailers in Scandanavia Don’t Sell in Schenectady, Fortune