I've written hundreds of stories for magazines and newspapers. Here are a few of the most notable ones.
Broken: When Traffic Laws Fail Cyclists
Bicycling Magazine
January/February 2008
Winner of the 2009 National Magazine Award for Public Interest
Postmodern Deliciousness: The World According to Clark Smith
Wine & Spirits Magazine
April 2007
Winner of the 2008 James Beard Award for Wine Writing
The Agony and the Eggstasy
The New Yorker
November 24, 2015
When daylight grows short, chickens lay fewer eggs. In summer, when the living is easy, we can waltz into the farmers’ market hours after it opens and buy as many eggs as we want. But by mid-autumn an air of tension has begun to build...
Wildfires, Pandemic, Earthquakes. What’s Next for California?
The New York Times
August 27, 2020
Fire season was bad enough. But pandemic fire season is disaster squared.
Land's End
Readers Digest
October 2008
At the tip of a barrier island 80 miles above the Arctic Circle, the town of Kivalina, Alaska, is melting into the sea.
Wine & Spirits Magazine
I'm a Special Correspondent for Wine & Spirits. Here's a link to a selection of stories I've written for the magazine.