Vox • 29th March 2021

My husband, the carnivore

While we both love food, we don’t see eye to eye on the ethics behind it or, perhaps better put, I have a real passion for the environmental and humane aspects behind my eating, while his take is more along the lines of, "I love hot dogs."

Inverse • 24th March 2021

Soy boys: How tofu conquered the supermarket during a global pandemic

The first year of the coronavirus pandemic was a critical turning point for tofu as it accelerated into “staple” territory. Nasoya, the most popular tofu brand in the U.S., saw an instant boom as quarantine mandates spread across the country. Beginning in March, “there was initially more pandemic buying,” Jay Toscano, the executive vice president of sales for Pulmuone, the parent company of Nasoya, tells Inverse. The company initially saw 20 to 40 percent more sales on orders.

Fast Company • 3rd August 2020

How food delivery upstarts are fighting the tyranny of Grubhub

As dine-in culture has dissolved around the country, restaurants’ primary chance to stay afloat lies in takeout and delivery orders, and to pull this off, they depend on third-party food delivery services. While research shows that the apps’ popularity was already trending upward pre-pandemic, restaurants have reported an additional uptick in the customers’ use of these apps.

Mic • 20th December 2018

The life cycle of a health food trend

From kombucha to kale to a Kardashian-endorsed honey product, new “health food” trends catch on like a cold in a kindergarten classroom.

Mic • 11th May 2018

Oat milk is the new almond milk

Is the juice (of oats, in this case) really worth the squeeze?

Clean Plates • 27th October 2021

9 Little Ways To Be More Sustainable With Your Groceries

Becoming more environmentally sustainable with your food choices doesn’t have to mean growing all your own vegetables or going vegan overnight — although that be pretty impressive. Instead, there are tons of simple, small (but effective!) tweaks you can make to your grocery shopping habits that go a long way towards bettering the environment.

Mic • 1st March 2018

How we became convinced that orange juice could conquer the common cold

While there’s no evidence a glass of Tropicana can keep the mucus at bay (some research suggests it could actually aggravate your sickness), the remedy is a much-repeated myth.

HuffPost • 4th May 2015

A Day In The Life Of A New York City Delivery Guy

Gabriel Martinez Rios spends approximately 40 hours of his week transporting orders from a restaurant to your apartment.

Mic • 10th September 2018

Houston has no defining culinary identity — and that’s why its food is so incredibly good

“Let me tell you something — the best pho is not in Vietnam, it’s in Houston."

Mic • 19th September 2018

Ted Cruz has a history of using food to scare people into voting for him

Cruz has repeatedly attempted to capitalize off of Americans’ connection to food, and manipulate it into something that could be threatened if he were to lose an election.

Mic • 16th November 2020

8 Times Food Companies Funded Studies to Prove Their Product Was "Healthy"

You're not supposed to believe everything you read, but tack the word "science" to something and many people will take it as fact — no questions asked.

HuffPost • 20th December 2018

Does it Zoodle?

We put several foods through a spiralizer, including a twinkie, to find out what can be turned into pasta. The results? Astonishing.

Mic • 14th July 2017

Meet the 84-year-old who’s been running New York City’s only 24-hour ice cream shop for decades

Given that New York City is the most difficult place to keep a restaurant afloat, Alvarez’s 40-some-year run is a considerable accomplishment.

HuffPost • 3rd February 2015

I Ate The Best Carrot Cake In The Entire World

It is impossibly moist. It's not overly sweet. It has stolen my heart.

HuffPost • 20th July 2015

Here's why you and your colleagues become savages around free office food

Long ago, a colleague and I coined the term "snulture."

Mic • 12th October 2017

How the McVegan can change the way we eat

If the McVegan or some other plant-based product were to become an international menu staple, Mickey D's could ignite a ripple effect on the food industry.

Mic • 4th April 2017

Pepsi's Kendall Jenner ad, an ill-conceived attempt at using social justice to sell soda

The shots take the concept of "protest as the new brunch" a bit too literally.

Mic • 22nd February 2017

When you learn about the creator of National Margarita Day, you'll want to celebrate even harder

National Margarita Day was created by some pleasant guy from Ohio who just really likes margaritas — no further agenda.

Mic • 16th April 2018

Bad diet advice in the ’80s made Americans fatter — low-calorie ice cream follows the same bad rules

Ice cream just isn’t fun anymore. Instead, it’s been co-opted to propel a “wellness” trend of guilt-free desserts.

Mic • 12th March 2018

What the most successful ‘BuzzFeed’ Tasty recipes have in common

BuzzFeed Tasty’s arsenal of addictive, drool-inducing visual recipes are ubiquitous on social media platforms.