I started working as a journalist in 2011 and never looked back. I live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where I write about the people, places, and ingredients behind your food.

I’ve worked as an editor at three newspapers, including as interim News Editor at INDY Week and as Managing Editor at Triad City Beat. Before I turned my focus to food writing, I contributed research to this front-page New York Times article about racial bias in police traffic stops, dug up radical history for Teen Vogue, and penned an op-ed for Business Insider.

My food writing has appeared in Bon Appétit, Serious Eats, VICE, Wine Enthusiast, The Infatuation, Southern Living, Edible Brooklyn, Eater Carolinas, Life & Thyme, Local Palate and Vegetarian Times, among countless others.

I have also served as a judge for the famed James Beard Awards three times.

Want to know more? You can read about me on the appropriately named About page.