ESSAYS, CULTURAL CRITICISM
Identity Fraud for Gawker
American Pie for Eater (featured by Longform, Longreads, The Best American Food Writing 2019 “Notable,” NYT Cooking, Politico, REDEF)
The Rise (and Stall) of the Boba Generation for Eater (featured by Longreads, Politico, NPR, LA Times)
Letting It Go for Eater (featured by Longreads)
Everyone Thinks They Are the Underdog for Gawker
How to Be a Martyr for Gawker
What We Talk About When We Talk About “White People Food” for Bon Appétit
Sorry, But I Hate How People Use “Unapologetically” for Gawker
No More Oral Histories for Gawker
I Learned How to Write Funnier for Gawker
The Age of the Self-Own for Slate
TRENDS, REPORTING
Forget Horse Girls, Embrace the Mythology Freak for Gawker
Everyone Wants to Dress Like a Goddess Right Now for Elle (print)
How the East Village Turned Into NYC’s Hippest Chinese Dining Destination for Eater NY (featured by The Best American Food Writing 2019 “Notable”)
We Asked People Who Lost Their Taste to COVID: What Do You Eat in a Day? for Eater
Thank God for the “Creatures Beat” for Gawker
What We Lose When a Restaurant Closes for Eater
Why Do People on TikTok Chew Like This? for Gawker
Tainted Leaves: The Link Between Deadly Lettuce Outbreaks and a Warming Planet for Eater
An Iconic Diner May Soon Be Developed Into Housing. The Owner Couldn’t Be More Relieved for Eater
In Quarantine, the Budding of a Pastime: Growing Vegetable Scraps on Windowsills for Eater
Something Else to Consider When Redecorating: Can You See the Bugs? for Gawker
The Path to Survival Is Even More Complicated for Immigrant-Owned Mom-and-Pop Restaurants for Eater
Quarantine Baking in Times of Crisis for Eater
Rampant Heater Theft Is the Latest Blow to Outdoor Dining for Eater
The Race to Feed Voters at the Polls for Eater
NEWS, BLOGS, HUMOR
Regular Food Reviews for Gawker
I’m Sick of Scrolling Past Essays to Get to Recipes I’m Not Paying For for Eater
Descriptors Used to Praise Writers, Ranked for Gawker
I Pay My Taxes and I Want a Bib for Gawker
Against Kettle Chips for Eater
Pure Junk, Pure Pleasure for Eater (part of a package that won a 2022 National Magazine Award for Lifestyle Journalism)
“Man on the Street” TikTokers Are a Public Menace for Gawker
Feel Old Yet? for Gawker
Things You Can Blame on the Broken Supply Chain for Gawker
Pain, Ranked for Gawker
How to Get Out of a Reading Rut for Gawker
What Happens After Reddit Decides You Are the Asshole for Gawker
Were You a Pleasure to Have in Class? for Gawker
Food TikTok, I Am Worried About Your Posture for Gawker
Enjoy Obviously Fake Advice-Column Letters for What They Are: Catharsis for Gawker
Cow Moment for Gawker
The Worst Things We’ve Said Online, Judging by Extremely Outsize Reactions for Gawker
Palin v. NYT Shows How Embarrassing Media Can Be for Gawker
The Definitive Guide to Choosing a Skin Color Emoji for Gawker
The Unofficial Rules of Posting for Gawker
Congee Is the Ultimate Comfort Food for Eater
On the Public Theatre of Grocery Store Freakout Videos for Eater
Poreless and Peerless, Smooth Food Is an Aesthetic Lifestyle for Eater
COVID Doesn’t Discriminate. But People Do for Eater
Pinning Coronavirus on How Chinese People Eat Plays Into Racist Assumptions for Eater
I Took Real Chefs to a “Kitchen Nightmare” Escape Room for Eater
Our Taste Test of the Most Popular Chicken Sandwiches Was Severely Flawed for Eater
It’s the Season for Fruit, and Also for Writing About Cutting Fruit as an Act of Love for Eater
Making a Thirst Murderer for Eater
How Exactly Do You Eat a Salad With a Comb? for Slate
BuzzFeed’s Unpaid 19-Year-Old Quiz Genius on Her Tricks, the Layoffs, and Jonah Peretti for Slate
FILM, TV, BOOKS
The 40 Greatest Stand-Alone TV Episodes of All Time for Slate
The Best Stand-Alone Episodes—as Chosen by TV Writers and Showrunners for Slate
How Much Does Our Food Tell Us About Who We Are? for the Washington Post (print)
Succession’s Kendall Roy Is a Perfect Encapsulation of a “Good White Person” for Slate
Inside The Idol Is a Better Show Begging to Be Let Out for Slate
We Get It, You Love In the Mood for Love for Gawker
Taste the Nation and the Hollow Promise of “Breaking Bread” for Eater
Salt Fat Acid Heat Changes the Rules for Who Gets to Eat on TV for Eater (featured by NYT Arts)
Always Be My Maybe and the Trap of “Authentic” Cooking for Eater
Eat Your Grief: The Farewell, My Family, and the Burden of Food for Eater (featured by Bon Appetit, WNYC’s All of It)
David Chang’s Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Relies on the Allure of Celebrity for Eater
A Humbler, More Vulnerable David Chang Emerges in Ugly Delicious Season 2 for Eater
The Great British Baking Show’s Pita Challenge Is a Stain on Its Legacy for Eater
A Guide to Navigating Netflix’s Food-Filled Reality Show Terrace House for Eater
Andrew Zimmern Sharpens His Voice in the Deeply Political What’s Eating America for Eater
The Most Excruciating Succession Dinner Scenes, Ranked by Distress for Eater
How the Crazy Rich Asians Movie Departs From the Book for Slate
PROFILES, INTERVIEWS
Mary H.K. Choi, Queen of Snacks for Eater
Jonathan Safran Foer Wants to Save the World — Beginning With Breakfast for Eater
How a British Retiree Became the Twitter King of ‘Big Veg’ Gardening for Eater
Three Cookbook Authors on How They Got Their First Book Deal for Eater
Lucas Sin Wants to Tell the Story of Chinese Food in America for Eater
Krishnendu Ray: The Future of Restaurants Depends on Universal Healthcare for Eater
The Stars of Netflix’s Waffles + Mochi for Eater
SERVICE, EXPLAINERS
A Comprehensive Guide to Sending Baked Goods in the Mail for Eater
The Ultimate Guide to Chinese Supermarket Snacks for Eater
Is It Safe to Eat at Restaurants Yet?: A Coronavirus Guide for Eater
We Asked Health Experts About the Safest Methods for Trick-or-Treating in 2020 for Eater
The Salmonella Outbreaks Among Peaches and Onions, Explained for Eater
Where to Buy the Drinking Glasses in Those Soothing Korean Home Cafe Videos for Eater
MISCELLANEOUS
Judge for The 2020 Tournament of Books for The Morning News
Contributed to The Year That Was and Wasn’t 2021 for The Morning News
Contributed to The Year That Was and Wasn’t 2020 for The Morning News
Contributed to The Year That Was and Wasn’t 2019 forThe Morning News
Contributed to The Year That Was and Wasn’t 2018 for The Morning News
Contributed to “Speak to the Moment”: Art and Culture Under Trump for The Drift
Contributed a recommendation for FANFICTION to Mentions, Fall 2020 for The Drift
Contributed to In memoriam: The brands we lost in the 2010s for The Goods/Vox
Contributed to A Farewell to Succession’s Supporting Characters for Slate
Contributed to The Future of Restaurants: 23 industry figures on what a utopian restaurant industry could look like in five years for Eater
Contributed to Eater’s Bowl Bowl 2020 for Eater
Contributed to The 2017 Eater Holiday Gift Guide for Eater