essays&other things

Taking Out the Trash? That’s Still a Man’s Job, Even for the Liberal Coastal Elite

The New York Times

The Great Schlep: Family Trips to Jewish Florida

The Wall Street Journal

Passover Goes Gourmet

Sunset Magazine & Best Food Writing

COVID may ruin Christmas, but it can’t cancel Hannukah

San Francisco Chronicle

Commentary: The word of the week is ‘eke’ (and also ‘eek’)

San Francisco Chronicle

The Grapefruit Spoon Makes Life Easier

Eater & Best American Food Writing

In 2019, Men Named Their Restaurants After Women

Eater

Surfacing: NoPa

The New York Times

Spring break, with more wrinkles: Chasing totality with San Francisco’s eclipse seekers

The San Francisco Standard

Soup With Everything: A Freaky All-American Party in California

The New York Times

Can I Interest You in a Dogshare?

The Cut

Is the Shofar … an Instrument of Technological Disruption?

The New York Times

Pandemiquette: A guide to manners in the age of coronavirus

The San Francisco Chronicle

Diary of My So-Called Homeschool Life

The San Francisco Chronicle

A Rabbi, a Pastor, and a Zen Monk Walk into a Bar…

San Francisco Magazine

Advice to Serena Williams on Raising a Kid in San Francisco

San Francisco Magazine

My Accidental, Alcohol-Drinking Pregnancy Adventure

Salon

How Was Your Day … Last Coast Miwok on Tomales Bay?

How Was Your Day … Quadriplegic Dad?

This Is The Day Before 40

The Hairpin

‘Fraidy Cat Lady: My Mom’s Debilitating Cat Phobia

Slate

NYT Kids: Fashion Week

New York Times for Kids

radio, podcast & interviews

Podcast: Techies Take Tahoe, Trashing the Territory

Slate

Podcast: A First-Time Hunter Gets a Lesson from #WomenWhoHunt

Outside

Video: Voices from the Kitchen, “Choices”

La Cocina

Video: Voices from the Kitchen, “Delivery Date”

La Cocina

Video Interview: Artist and Author George McCalman

Alta Live