Essays
“Ravenous | The Taste of Home”
T Magazine, The New York Times website (January 26, 2012)
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“Ravenous | In Praise of Parsley”
T Magazine, The New York Times website (December 19, 2011)
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“Ravenous | The Stuffing Theory”
T Magazine, The New York Times website (November 21, 2011)
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“Ravenous | Preserved Unripe Figs”
T Magazine, The New York Times website (October 6, 2011)
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“Ravenous | Thit Heo Kho”
T Magazine, The New York Times website (September 2, 2011)
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“The Company of Friends”
Ladies’ Home Journal website (August 2011)
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“How a Mockingbird Gave Birth to a Canary”
Ladies’ Home Journal website (August 2011)
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“An Age to Remember”
Real Simple (March 2011)
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“The Sweet Life”
Town & Country (January 2011)
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“Lost in Translation”
Saveur (October 2010)
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“Sealed With A Taste”
turmsegler.net (September 1, 2010)
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“Pies”
Powell’s Books Blog (September 2010)
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Book Notes – “Bitter in the Mouth”
largehearted boy website (August 2010)
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“The Most Meaningful Moment of My Day”
Real Simple (November 2009)
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“My Cherry Amour”
Gourmet (September 2008)
nominated for James Beard Foundation Award 2009:
Magazine Feature Writing Without Recipes
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“DMemory: “Mangiare un Mangostano”
D La Repubblica (November 2007)
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“For A Future That’s Always Rosy”
The New York Times, Dining & Wine (June 27, 2007)
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“Poetry in Motion”
Condé Nast Traveler (April 2007)
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“Over the Moon: Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips”
Men’s Vogue (January/February 2007)
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“American Like Me”
Gourmet, Reading Supplement (August 2006)
nominated for James Beard Foundation Award 2007: M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
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“My Father’s Vietnam Syndrome”
The New York Times, Op-Ed page (June 18, 2006)
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“Real and Flawed”
Michigan Quarterly Review (Fall 2004)
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“Opposites Attract”
Allure (September 2004)
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“Many Happy Returns”
Food & Wine (July 2004)
reprinted in Best Food Writing 2005, Holly Hughes, ed. (Marlowe & Company 2005)
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“The Season de l’Amour”
The New York Times Op-Ed page (August 22, 2003)
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“Into Thin Air”
Time Magazine Asia Edition (August 18-25, 2003)
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“The Homesick Diner”
The Times of London, Saturday Magazine (July 19, 2003)
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