The Joys and Sorrows of Watching My Own Birth
In which I reflect on the bittersweet experience of watching myself be born — and my now-divorced mom and dad become parents — again and again.
Longreads (December 2017)

My Not-So-Rosy View of the World’s Largest Redhead Festival
I was looking for a place to belong. Instead I found a weird, fetishistic group of strangers.
Narratively (December 4, 2017)

Learning to Fly: When You Have to Be Your Own Parent
Even as a child I found extreme pleasure in the things I could control.
Catapult (November 27, 2017)

What Thanksgiving Means When Your Mother Is Estranged from Her Family
It’s been nearly a decade since my mother has attended a family Thanksgiving dinner.
The Kitchn (November 21, 2017)

My Cast-Iron, Myself
How caring for my cast-iron pan taught me to better care for myself.
Bon Appétit (September 26, 2017)

A Place For Her Spoons
How discovering the world’s largest collection of spoons caused me to reflect on my own idiosyncratic souvenir spoon collection.
New Jersey Monthly (September 2017)

Finding Family at Wegmans Grocery Store
Looking back on memories of working for Wegmans as a teenager, and how it was, in short, a dream job.
The Kitchn (July 19, 2017)

The Way of Tea
I spent a month learning the Japanese tea ceremony, only to find it was about everything but tea.
Table Matters (April 10, 2014)
Association of Food Journalists 2015 Award Finalist

On the Line
Now that we have Google, who still needs a telephone holiday helpline?
Table Matters (November 11, 2013)

Spoon-fed Memories
I thought my souvenir collection was pointless. But then I thought again.
Washington Post (November 20, 2011)