The New Yorker
Picnic in the Yard (November 3, 2014)
NPR
Chris Bianco, ‘Pizza Yoda,’ is Sharing His Wisdom in a New Cookbook, He Is
(August 6, 2017)
The New York Times
Long Island’s Hockey-Beach-Sandwich Connection (August 9, 2017)
When Art Conservation Means Repairing TVs, Not Canvases (December 22, 2016)
Cheap Fun in Central Park: Scaling Rat Rock (October 21, 2016)
A Dance Party Where Cowboy Attire Is Optional (September 25, 2016)
An Indoor Trampoline Park Offers Flips and Fitness in New York City (August 28, 2016)
Brooklyn Fish, Beware (July 20, 2016)
Between Two Covers at Twigg’s Bindery: You (June 24, 2016)
2,000 Ways to Say ‘Buenos Dias’ (April 24, 2016)
Apple Art Supplies in Brooklyn is Hub for Matte Knives and Gossip (February 28, 2016)
Schmidt’s Candy, a Sweet Spot in Queens (January 31, 2016)
The Writer
On Set: A writer reveals the internal journey of revision (May 23, 2016)
Washingtonian
Is the E-Cigarette Bubble About to Burst?: Now that e-cigarettes have become a hot start-up market, is Washington about to send the industry up in smoke? (July 1, 2014)
BuzzFeed
Kill Me Now: The Troubled Life and Complicated Death of Jana Van Voorhis
(December 27, 2013) (co-published with The Big Roundtable)
Bill And Ted’s and My Excellent Adventure: On the stoner classic’s 25th anniversary, an extra from the movie goes back in time and realizes how spending a few days in a mall with Keanu Reeves altered her own history. (February 23, 2014)
The Atlantic
The Evolving State of Physician-Assisted Suicide (July 16, 2012)
The Big Roundtable
Burn: The tale of an Arizona forest fire, the prison inmates who died fighting it, and the families who struggled for justice. (June 23, 2013)
Quartz
I didn’t think I wanted kids but cancer forced me to decide (August 26, 2015)
Serious Eats
3 Things You Might Not Know About Moonshine (September 8, 2014)
Edible Brooklyn
What the Kids Are Eating: A Food Education (January 30, 2007)
Edible Manhattan
Filmmaker Catherine Gund Teaches Her Kids Where Food Comes From (May 29, 2009)
Saveur
Move Over, Cheesecake: A Southern baker has made red-velvet cake Brooklyn’s favorite three-layer treat (March 2006) (PDF)
TIME For Kids
Water Works: The nonprofit group Water Is Life is doing its part to provide safe drinking water to communities around the world (April 14, 2017) [PDF]
Under the Sea: Sylvia Earle is on a mission to protect the world’s oceans (April 15, 2016) [PDF]
Chapters in Time: A forest is growing in Norway. In 99 years, it will be turned into pages for an unusual book. (December 11, 2015) [PDF]
Saving the Nautilus: The chambered nautilus is one of Earth’s oldest animals. Now, scientists say it may be in danger (January 20, 2012) [PDF]
Wild Things: Dutch artist Theo Jansen mixes science and art to create magical moving creatures. (October 28, 2011) [PDF]
I Am an Art Conservator (April 9, 2010) [PDF]
Goodbye, Books?: A school in Massachusetts has gotten rid of most of its library books. Now the collection is online. School leaders say it’s the way of the future. (November 20, 2009) [PDF]
Nature’s Way: Freight trains rumbled above the streets of Manhattan, in New York City, for nearly 50 years. When the tracks were abandoned, nature took over. Now, the High Line is about to become a public park. (April 17, 2009) [PDF]
Take a Deep Breath: Kids learn ways to calm the mind (March 7, 2008) [PDF]
Books
Moonshine: A Cultural History of America’s Infamous Liquor (Zenith Press, 2014)
[Amazon / Barnes & Noble]
Toe Tagged: True Stories from the Morgue (Scholastic, 2007) [Amazon / Barnes & Noble]
Bullet Proof!: The Evidence that Guns Leave Behind (Scholastic, 2007)
[Amazon / Barnes & Noble]
