I’ve written all sorts of features about restaurant labor, well-known musicians, excellent grocery stores, and beyond.
Gratuitous: An Investigation Into the Opaque New Landscape of Tipping and Service Fees (Meal Magazine)
A hospitality worker investigates the past, present, and future of restaurant service charges.
Your Smith’s Minnesota return sparks a "writing renaissance" — and, soon, parenthood (The Current)
A profile of Your Smith, a pop artist whose COVID-19-imposed hiatus changed her life.
These 16 Twin Cities Grocery Stores Have Really Great Cafes Inside Them (Eater)
On the best grocery stores and markets serving tacos, kebabs, banh mi, and more.
Minnesota’s Climate May Nurture the Next Generation of Sparkling Wines (Heavy Table)
Mousse Sparkling Wine Co., founded by Josie Boyle, is the only sparkling-first winery in Minnesota. Can they convince potential customers to pick Mousse wines over similarly priced imported bubbly?
Singer-songwriter Ondara Finds Alter Ego, a Need to Move With Spanish Villager (Sahan Journal)
Understanding the sky-high stakes of Kenyan American singer Ondara’s latest transformation.
Insiders’ Guide to Meteor, Apoy, and Mucci’s (Heavy Table)
Employees of three Twin Cities restaurants and bars share their favorite dishes on (and off) the menu.
Raffaella’s Debut Album is a Labor of Love
(The Current)
How a New York–born child of divorce recorded LIVE, RAFF, LOVE with her boyfriend in Minnesota.
Shifting the Current: A New Flow for an Old Art Form (Pollen Midwest)
A deep dive into the evolution of a marine museum in Winona, MN.
In the Shadow of the Square: Three Minneapolis Restaurant Owners Talk Survival (Heavy Table)
Independent restaurants dot the neighborhood where George Floyd was killed in 2020. Three of these restaurants’ owners share how they’re doing, what drew them to the neighborhood in the first place, and what help they might need to carry on.