I'm a two-time James Beard Award-winning journalist covering food, culture, and travel. Until recently, I was an editor at Atlas Obscura, where I wrote stories about an island full of very unusual feral pigs, a utopian hippie cult, the military lab that determines what winds up on our plates, and the long, weird history of Jell-O meat salads.
I also played a major role in commissioning and editing large editorial packages, such as Gastro Obscura's Feast 2024 (which won a James Beard Award for "Dining and Travel") and Gastro Obscura's Feast 2025, as well as An Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide to the National Parks and The Great Escape. I created and ran our weekly travel advice column, Dear Atlas, as well as the Gastro Obscura's Essential Places to Eat and Drink series.
You'll also find my bylines in The Guardian, The Washington Post, Condé Nast Traveler, WIRED, The Independent, VICE, Architectural Digest, Eater, Esquire, Travel + Leisure, and Playboy, among other publications. Previously, I was the staff writer at October, a sadly defunct Condé Nast drinks publication, and a features editor at Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia.
I'm interested in power structures and the impact they have on small business owners, creatives, and marginalized communities. I've investigated how corruption and systemic inequality allowed oil palm plantations in Thailand to get away with murder (a Longreads "Best of 2021" pick), how Facebook Marketplace scammers stole hundreds of thousands of dollars pretending to sell caviar and crab legs, how a New York restaurant group conned its way to the top slots of TripAdvisor's rankings, and how financial institutions discriminate against sex workers and sex-tech startups.
I live in Brooklyn, but have called Berlin and Bangkok home. I have an MA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, speak two languages well and several poorly, ask too many questions, and am almost always hungry.
You can reach me at [email protected] for tips, commissions, and noodle recommendations. I would love to hear from you.
I also played a major role in commissioning and editing large editorial packages, such as Gastro Obscura's Feast 2024 (which won a James Beard Award for "Dining and Travel") and Gastro Obscura's Feast 2025, as well as An Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide to the National Parks and The Great Escape. I created and ran our weekly travel advice column, Dear Atlas, as well as the Gastro Obscura's Essential Places to Eat and Drink series.
You'll also find my bylines in The Guardian, The Washington Post, Condé Nast Traveler, WIRED, The Independent, VICE, Architectural Digest, Eater, Esquire, Travel + Leisure, and Playboy, among other publications. Previously, I was the staff writer at October, a sadly defunct Condé Nast drinks publication, and a features editor at Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia.
I'm interested in power structures and the impact they have on small business owners, creatives, and marginalized communities. I've investigated how corruption and systemic inequality allowed oil palm plantations in Thailand to get away with murder (a Longreads "Best of 2021" pick), how Facebook Marketplace scammers stole hundreds of thousands of dollars pretending to sell caviar and crab legs, how a New York restaurant group conned its way to the top slots of TripAdvisor's rankings, and how financial institutions discriminate against sex workers and sex-tech startups.
I live in Brooklyn, but have called Berlin and Bangkok home. I have an MA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, speak two languages well and several poorly, ask too many questions, and am almost always hungry.
You can reach me at [email protected] for tips, commissions, and noodle recommendations. I would love to hear from you.