Companion 01: The Bread Issue
Companion is our magazine exploring food, history, nature, and craft through essays, stories, recipes, and art
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A quiet revolt against American commercial farming.
Hyphenated-American Food Staples
Food can become both a source of comfort and a battleground for warring cultural identities, prejudices, and values.
Where to Eat Oysters in Portland, ME
…get past the strangeness of their presentation and you’ll be taken by their delicacy: that subtle sweetness of the meat, the slight chew of the belly, and the briny salt of clean, cold ocean water.
The Complicated Nature of Cranberry Farming
Like so many other berries, cranberry season is a short shock of color, a quick flash of a mere six weeks to harvest as many as possible before the frost comes and puts the vines to sleep for the winter.
(Writing and Illustration)
The History of To-Go Coffee
In America, we see the coffee cup as a symbol of the modern professional—the marker of a person on the go.
Grocery Workers: The Essentials
An early pandemic look at how the coronavirus crisis emphasized the grocery workers around the country are essential to our food system.
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Happy Hour Continues at Home
In this time of pandemic, we have a unique opportunity to recapture cocktail hour in our homes. A home bar is as much a practice as a collection of objects. Developing technique, taste and personal style are as integral to a cocktail hour as a shaker and ice.
Inclusivity with Greenfield Community Farm
In a part of the country where sustainable agriculture commands a competitive marketplace, this farm stands out.
Containing Tradition in Holiday Cookie Tins
They arrived each year in mid-December like magic. Huge enamel tins in shades of red, green and gold, decorated with cobblestone streets lit by the glow of gas lamps shining on freshly fallen snow.
Salt and Pepper Magazine, Earth Issue. Please contact me directly for full sample.
Cherry Bombe
My contribution to the conversation surrounding sexual harassment and the #metoo movement. See more in Cherry Bombe's #86this special issue.
Gastro Obscura
How Pumpkin Pie Sparked a 19th Century Culture War. See more at Atlas Obscura.
Salt and Pepper Magazine, Wellness Issue. Please contact me directly for full sample.
Food Writer Friday
A Dear John letter to my first foodie love, Anthony Bourdain. See more at cook n scribble.
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it’s not a food magazine, not really….
Bait/Switch Project
Kicking off an interdisciplinary game of Exquisite Corpse with an ode to Grapefruit.
Love Letter
A love letter to laminated pastry, as part of a multi-media game of Exquisite Corpse, the bait/switch project.
Dublin Gastronomy Symposium
An exploration of alternative food movements in modern day America. See more from the Dublin Institute of Technology.