Features
“Our love of orcas is making them miserable,” Vox
“The Standard Advice for Concussions is Wrong,” The Atlantic
“Pet medicine is looking a lot more like human medicine — down to the need for doggie blood donors,“ Grid
“The Rise of Dognapping,” Grid
“The Trouble with Beekeeping,“ Grid (notable selection in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023)
“The very cute, totally disturbing tale of the American “it” dog,” Vox
“The Resurgent Appeal of Guinness World Records,” The Ringer (included in Year’s Best Sports Writing 2022)
“How “Am I the Asshole?” Created a Medium Place on the Internet,” The Ringer
“Community Gardens Rise Up in the Face of Coronavirus,” Serious Eats (notable selection in Best American Food Writing 2021)
“The Dangerously Cheesy Collectible Cheetos Market,” The Outline
“The Forest Hidden Behind the Canyons,” The Ringer (notable selection in Best American Travel Writing 2020.)
“Ivar’s the Great,” Eater (notable selection in Best American Food Writing 2020.)
“How a Group of Daring Bootleggers Created NASCAR,” Atlas Obscura
“Hooked on the Taste of Freedom!” Topic
“After decades, Native American tribes are regaining their fishing rights. But are there any fish left?” The Counter
“Against the Grain,” The Ringer
“Afterglow,” Aeon
“Dinner and a Show” Lucky Peach
“One Fast Food Fanatic’s Quest to Make His Chicken Chain the Next McDonald’s” Narratively
“Caught Dead” The Ringer
“Bernard Baff and the Kosher Killers” Lucky Peach
“Penn Station’s Underground Raw Bar,” Edible Manhattan (included in Best Food Writing 2016)
Essays
“Sex, Death, and Plants” Orion
“For the Love of Chickens” Dirt
“Has backyard beekeeping gone too far?” The Washington Post
“Want free eggs? Don’t buy chicks, rescue hens” The Guardian US
“Hide and Seek,” Country Living
“The hen who stole my heart,” Prism
“No one was prepared for the Northwest heat wave,” The Washington Post
“Why my chickens are stuck in their coop,” The Washington Post
“Still Life with Thelma and Louise,” Catapult
“The smoke covering the West has me and my chickens bunking together,” The Washington Post
“I Have 9 Chickens. This Time of Year, I Buy Eggs at the Store,” Heated
“When DIY becomes D(on’t)IY,” Curbed
Selected reported work
“Crows Are Taking Over American Cities,” The Atlantic
“Give Invasive Species a Job,” The Atlantic
“Hawaii’s Feral Chickens are Out of Control,” The Atlantic
“Greyhounds make beloved pets. Just try finding one,” The Wall Street Journal
“Why the US egg industry is still killing 300 million chicks a year,” Vox
“America Stress-Bought All the Baby Chickens,” The New York Times
“Snail Mail is Getting People Through This Time,” The New York Times
“With Schools Closed, Their Gardens Take on a New Role,” Civil Eats
“The brief, but storied life of a presidential turkey,” The Counter
“Fundraisers for Sick Restaurant Employees Represent the Failure of American Health Care,” Eater
“The U.S. Postal Service will mail you baby chickens in a cardboard box,” The Counter
“Saving the pandas means dressing like a panda,” Racked
“How a Victim’s Last Meal Can Identify a Killer,” Atlas Obscura
“The Red Delicious is an apple atrocity,” The Counter
“How Restaurants Get Away With Looks-Based Discrimination,” Jezebel
“Does Your Family’s Century-Old Pyrex Still Rule The Kitchen?” NPR
“Manly Man Things: The Jockstrap” MEL Magazine
“Secret Burger Menus, Explained,” Eater
“Artisanal Gelato and Climate Change Are Killing New York’s Ice Cream Truck Mafia,” Vice Munchies
“Street Meat: The Rise of NYC’s Halal Cart Culture,” Eater
“What Will You Eat When the World Ends?” Eater
“Cooking With Disabilities: An Exercise In Creative Problem Solving” NPR
“Eat Yourself Silly” Lucky Peach
“Meet the Guy Who Spent 40 Years Curating at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” Atlas Obscura
“I Tried Cooking for My Dogs — Here’s What I Learned” Eater
“In Praise of Tablescaping” Lucky Peach