I’m an editor for Bon Appétit magazine. Below is a selection of personal essays, trend pieces, features, reportage, and cultural criticism I’ve had the pleasure of bringing into the world.
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Bon Appétit
Packages
Appalachia Anew (print)
Welcome to Appalachia (digital)
Features
You’ve Got the Night Shift. Who’s Got Your Kids?
Personal Essays
In My Childhood Kitchen, I Learned Both Fear and Love
I Ate Like a Boy to Avoid Being a Queer Man
My Secret Affair With Chinese Takeout
Dinuguan By Any Other Name (Is Still Dinuguan)
Celebrating Lunar New Year in Isolation Is a Reminder of My Family’s Resilience
When the Non-Muslim World Flattens Me, I Run to Feel Human Again
For Decades, I Couldn’t Communicate. Then I Found a Way Through Food
Dining and Dreaming at the Blind Salamander RV Park
TV Was Off-Limits During Ramadan, With One Exception
Learning to Ride a Bike Eased My Chronic Anxiety
Depression Stole My Sense of Taste. Here’s How I Got It Back
We Were a Family Defined by Illness and Restriction. Oreos Helped Us Heal
My Pandemic Hobby Is Making Natural Wine in My Tiny Apartment
Culture
For TikTok’s Kitchen Witches, It’s Been a Year of Magical Cooking
8 Black Food Pros on How Their HBCU Prepped Them for Greatness