I Am the Food on Your Plate is a monthly department in Reader’s Digest I launched with food writer Daniel Gritzer (who is also my husband). Every month we write a mini-memoir from the perspective of a different food.

Cranberries, November 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Potatoes, December 2018

 

Avocados, February 2019

Honey, March 2019

 

I reluctantly tried the Trump diet for VICE, 2016 [click image for link]

 

Brain on Fire: A look at the role of neuro-inflammation in depression and other common conditions, Prevention, 2014 [click image for PDF]

 

My Life With the Culinary Director of Serious Eats, a guest post on my husband’s site, Serious Eats, 2015 [click image for link]

 

Public Eye was a weekly street interview in Time Out New York that I did between 2008 and 2013. I transformed the section into a wide-ranging, free-form conversation with hundreds of interesting New Yorkers. [click image for link]

 

I launched and wrote a weekly healthy-eating column on Grubstreet called Eat Well, 2012-2013 [click image for link]

 

Is supermarket sushi safe? Health, 2012 [click image for PDF]

 

Skirt steak: a critical look at the concept of the “female-friendly” steakhouse for British GQ, 2012 [click image for PDF]

 

The Kids of Coleman Skatepark, New York magazine, 2012 [click image for PDF]

 

Weddings Issue: The Start of Something Great, New York magazine, 2011 [click image for PDF]

 

Preview: Marina Abramovic at MoMA, Time Out New York, 2010 [click image for PDF]

 

Brooklyn vs. Manhattan, in which I make an argument for my borough, Time Out New York, 2010 [click image for PDF]

 

Art review: Paul McCarthy, “White Snow,” Time Out New York, 2009 [click image for PDF]