“The Seven Greatest Cooks in Literature,” Electric Literature, April 2025

Interview, The Rumpus, April 2025

“TV Autopsies Are Ruining the Real Thing.” The Atlantic, March 2025

Review: Nick Newman’s The Garden. Washington Post, February 2025

“The Cocktail Pairing Menu Mini-Boom.” Punch, February 2025

“How Peter Chang’s Legendary Restaurants Handle the Christmas Rush.” Eater, December 2024

“How Political Pattie’s Became the Most Hated Bar in DC.” Punch, October 2024

Review: Clare Pollard’s The Modern Fairies. Washington Post, July 2024

“My Mother’s Second Act.” Romper, May 2022

“The Slow, Troubling Death of the Autopsy.” Elemental, September 2020 (Noted in Best American Science Writing 2021)

“Strega Nona is Not a Communist.” Gawker, October 2021

“The Beautiful Art of Hassling Politicians in Animal Costumes.” The Washington Post Magazine, February 2020 (Cover story)

Reality Bites: The Untold Story of Rocco DiSpirito and “The Restaurant.” Eater, November 2020 (Noted in Best American Food Writing 2020)

“Super Sad True Chef Story.” Eater, August 2019

“McDreamy, McSteamy, and McConnell: The Art of Congressional Fanfiction.” Longreads, September 2019

“In the Dark All Katz Are Grey: Notes on Jewish Nostalgia.” Hazlitt, February 2018

“Dispatches from the Swamp.” The Rumpus, 2017-2019 (recurring column)

“Take the Words Judeo-Christian Out of Your Damn Mouth.” The Rumpus, 2017

“What Is the Most Truthful Onscreen Version of DC?” NYLON, 2017

“In Pursuit of Prodigy: The Last Samurai and Me.” Catapult, 2016