Weekday Warriors, my newsletter on food and culture, focuses on inspiration for mealmaking through the week. I occasionally feature interviews with chefs, artists, and friends who inspire me and keep my heart & soul well fed.

My work has appeared in All Recipes, EatingWell, Food and Wine, Real Simple, Serious Eats, Simply Recipes, Southern Living, The Spruce Eats, and more. I’ve also tested chef recipes for multiple print & digital publications.

I grew up in Southwest Virginia and have lived in Corrientes, Argentina, New York City, San Francisco, and Oxford, Mississippi, where I worked as a line cook and studied southern Appalachian foodways. I wrote my masters thesis, “The Wild Asleep,” about the environmental history and significance of ramps or wild leeks.

My cast iron skillet has followed me everywhere but Argentina.