Writer of food & drink, farming, and environment. Bylines in Bon Appetit, Huffpost, MetroUK, Chicago Tribune, SLOP, Cherry Bombe and more.
The Beautiful Banality of Natural Wine
Natural wine lost its cool? Thank God. How do we leverage its popularity to make large-scale positive change?
I was punched in the face for my American accent – but I still love the UK
‘Shut up, you stupid American c**ts’. It came from an alley, where a few drunk people were huddled under an awning from the rain.
What is regenerative agriculture and why does it matter?
The term “regenerative agriculture” is seemingly everywhere, appearing across the news media, on food labels, in docuseries and documentaries. But what is it, exactly? And why is it so important?
13 Substitutes You Can Use For Powdered Sugar
POV: You're midway through making a batch of cream cheese icing or jelly doughnut holes and realize you're out of powdered sugar. What do you do?
Intriguing and Delicious Ways to Cook With Kale This Winter
The farmers market gets a lot of attention in summer, when sun-ripened tomatoes, peaches and peppers are the stars of the show. But a winter market can be equally exciting if you know what to look for and what to do with your finds. Hearty vegetables like butternut squash, beets, celery root and turnips are often grown year-round. Not to mention the earthy, versatile queen of leafy greens: kale.
It Takes a Village
David Adelsheim’s approach provides an important lesson in leadership that could be applied to many of the issues we’ll face over the next few years.
What problems could we solve if we came from a place of collaboration rather than competition? If we honored and encouraged diversity, both in farming and business practices? If we approached this uncertain future with both firm values and a willingness to adapt?
Decolonizing What We Eat
We spoke to a number of Indigenous people who farm, hunt, and gather about Indigenous wisdom, lifeways, and agricultural practices in use today. A worldview that informs a reciprocal approach to agriculture and nature as a whole, one that values intergenerational knowledge and work, reverence and respect.
Tom Monroe of Division Wine Co.
A young Portland winemaker on bureaucracy, suitcase smuggling and the meaning of natural wine.
Road Trip Issue: An Ode to the Detour
I hadn’t planned to be on a corner in South Philadelphia with a cheesesteak in each hand. But there I was, standing between Philly’s two most famous cheesesteak rivals — Pat’s King of Steaks and Geno’s — with Cheez Whiz and onion grease dripping down my chin...
Why Drink Domestic
How the pandemic exposed our broken wine system — and
the urgent need for change.
A Chef’s Guide to Foraging in Maine
Midcoast Maine is a popular tourist destination for a reason. Come here in summer and the lobster shacks might lure you into eating a butter-basted lobster roll twice in one day. Stick around for fall foliage...and you’ll witness a symphony so beautiful it might make you weep.
The Health Benefits Of Eating Grass-Fed Beef And Dairy
There are a number of reasons, from climate change to animal welfare to flavor, to make the switch from buying products from conventionally raised cows if you can afford to. But is there a difference when it comes to nutrition? The short answer is: yes.
Is Natural Wine Better for the Planet?
I’ll be the first to admit that drinking natural wine makes me feel cool. I’m fully engulfed in the trendy, gotta-catch-em-all game of this world. I have an entire album of screenshotted bottles on my phone. I’m guilty of choosing wines based on beautiful labels or rumored funk. But I also know that natural wine carries a far brighter torch than its trendiness.
Could Cows Combat Climate Change?
Before they were ranchers, Tristan and Aubyn Banwell were vegans. Then, an experience homesteading led them to appreciate the importance of livestock in small-scale farming: while converting an overgrown lot into cropland, they enlisted pigs to uproot shrubs and trees, ducks to control the slugs, and chickens to recycle plant material into the soil as manure.