Latest work…
48 Hours In Portland for Bon Appétit (appearing in the March 2024 issue)
American Whiskey Is Conspicuously Absent At Many Top Bars. What Gives? for PUNCH
A Tour of Classic Hotel Bars Across Los Angeles for LA Times Food
One Bad Minute for Bon Appétit
But First, Coffee: A Guide To Brewing From the Kitchen to The Bar published by Union Sq. & Co. (Zachary Carlsen, co-author)
Selected hits…
There Is No Coffee In Westworld for Sprudge (2018)
Chardonnay In The Suburbs With Mom for Sprudge Wine (2018)
Ayo Cheetah, Let’s Cook for TASTE (2023)
Is Natural Wine Losing Its Cool Factor? for Bon Appétit (2022)
What’s Up With All The Wine At Anajak Thai? for LA Times Food (2023)
Natural Wine Is Now Millennial Bohemia. Bar Part Time Embodies It All for San Francisco Chronicle (2022)
Off Alley Will Remind You What It Means To Live In A City for The Stranger (2021)
Soaking In Bagby Hot Springs Is A Portland Rite of Passage for Willamette Week (2016)
About That Natural Wine Label for PUNCH (2021)
Seltzer Is Over. Mineral Water Is Forever for PUNCH (2019) [James Beard Foundation Award winner]
What If You Solved The Zodiac Killer Mystery And No One Believed You? for Portland Monthly Magazine (2020) [Society of Professional Journalists Award winner]
More stories about wine…
Is Natural Wine Losing Its Cool Factor? for Bon Appétit
Ron Acierto Is The Man Behind Oregon’s Most Surprising Wine Pairings for Portland Monthly Magazine
Portland’s Perfect Wine Shops for Portland Monthly Magazine
Grüner For Later for TRINK
“Post Flute’ for Noble Rot #26
“Creation Stories” for Noble Rot #28
“Wine Fails” for Noble Rot #31
Natural Wine Is Now Millennial Bohemia. Bar Part Time Embodies It All for San Francisco Chronicle
Get Yourself A Half-Bottle Of Wine, As A Treat for Eater National
Some Of The Bay Area’s Best Cocktails Contain No Liquor—Just Wine for San Francisco Chronicle
Natural Wine Sets Its Sights On Vermouth for PUNCH
In San Francisco, Blurring Natural Wine With Sake At Millay for San Francisco Chronicle
Port Wine And Blue Cheese Made New Again for PUNCH
At Wine Bar Augustine, You Can Taste Vintage Wine By The Glass for LA Times Food
A Brief Guide To Buying Grande Marques Champagne for Eater National
You Should Be Drinking Grower Champagne for Eater National
About That Natural Wine Label for PUNCH
The Art And Artistry Wine Glasses You Haven’t Heard Of for Eater National
Vintage Wine: A User Guide For The Rest Of Us for Eater National
Rosé Exposé: 10 Pink Wines Worth Drinking, From Rosato to Riceys for Sprudge Wine
About That Natural Wine Label for PUNCH
The Secret To Picking The Perfect Bottle of Wine Might Be On The Back Label for LA Times Food
The 5 Best Canned Wines To Drink Right Now for Eater National
I Buried A Cow Horn Full Of Shit for Good Wine for Willamette Week
Forget Bottles, Cans & Boxes: Kegged Wine Is Next for LA Times Food
Chardonnay In The Suburbs With Mom for Sprudge Wine
Should I Even Be Making Wine At All Right Now? for Eater National
How Coronavirus Is Hurting America’s Independent Winemakers for Eater National
SprudgeWine.com — co-founder, editor [est. 2017]
More stories about coffee…
How A Zero-Proof Irish Coffee Is Born for Taste
Your Chemex Has Some Tricks Up Its Sleeve for Epicurious
The New, Joyful Face of Portland Coffee for Portland Monthly Magazine
How The Pacific Northwest Became A Coffee Paradise for Eater
The Ten Big Ideas In Coffee Right Now for TASTE
Is This Coffee’s First Michelin Star? for Sprudge
What’s Brewing In Chinatown for LA Times Food
This Is A Good Drink for Sprudge
These Are The Best Coffeeshops in Kansas City Right Now for Kansas City Magazine
America’s Coffee Shops Might Just Survive This Moment for Eater National
Sprudge.com — co-founder, editor [est. 2009]
More stories about food…
Ayo Cheetah, Let’s Cook for TASTE
The World Is Your Popsicle for Taste
Cheese Sex Death for Taste
Maison Nico Is A Dreamy Slice of Paris In Downtown S.F. for San Francisco Chronicle Food
F*ck It Bucketology: Taku’s $49 Bucket of Chicken and Fries Is a Primal Wail of Collective Release for The Stranger
The Internet’s Retro Sandwich Sleuth Cannot Be Ignored for TASTE
A Great Greek Foods Revival for TASTE
Hannyatou Is A Marvel Of Sake and Snacks for The Stranger
A Cross-Cut Of Portland’s Best Butcher Shops for Portland Monthly Magazine
Where To Find The Best Wings In Portland for Portland Monthly Magazine
The Biting Brilliance of Fresh Wasabi for TASTE
When Did Peanut Butter Get So Cool? For TASTE
Amid Chaos, These Portland Restaurants Found A Way To Survive—And Thrive for LA Times Food
Off Alley Will Remind You What It Means To Live In A City for The Stranger
We Can’t Stop Buying Bagel Kits And Mail-Order Meat for TASTE
Erica’s Soul Food Makes The Best Wings In Portland for Portland Monthly
The Future of Ice Cream Is Here, And It’s Vegan for TASTE
What Your Hangover Food Says About You for TASTE
You Can Have A Piece Of Cake for The Stranger
First Look: Jerry’s Pizza Brings Chicago Tavern Style To The Pacific Northwest for Portland Monthly
Beast And Cleaver Is Meat With Meaning for The Stranger
A Korean Ingredient Smuggler Goes Clean for TASTE
At JuneBaby, a Pantry Full of Jams, Stocks and Mixes for The Stranger
Sara’s Market In East LA Adapts To The Times for LA Times Food
Stoopid Burger Leaves You Dumbfounded for Willamette Week
The Vegan Exchange In NoHo Isn’t Just For Vegans for LA Times Food
Asked & Answered: Chef Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon for T Magazine
More stories about cocktails and spirits…
The Best Irish Coffee Is In Los Angeles for LA Times Food
Rare Vintage Spirits And Aged Liqueurs—Step Into A Cocktail Time Machine at Manzke for LA Times Food
Rhum Arrangé Est Arrivé for PUNCH
At Bar Iris, A Hedonistic Fantasy for San Francisco Chronicle
Not Your Grandfather’s Blended Scotch for PUNCH
The Very Best In Drinking At Portland’s Hotel Bars for Eater PDX
Here Comes Japanese Rum for PUNCH
Does Seattle Have An Iconic Cocktail? for The Stranger
The Rebujito Is Pure Energy for PUNCH
Make Mine A Vodka LaCroix for PUNCH
Drink Up: Cocktails In N’awlins for T Magazine
Hunting For The Lost Chartreuse for PUNCH
The Life And Times of Sphere Ice for PUNCH
More stories about fashion…
Selling The 20th Century To Generation Z for WIllamette Week
Laika’s ‘Missing Link’ Was A Bomb, But The Shoes Were A Hit for Willamette Week
The Holy Grail For Vintage Nike Collectors for Portland Monthly Magazine
Lupe’s Grocery Store Mashes Up 90s Cartoons, Grafitti and Luxury Fashion for WIllamette Week
The Coolest Fits From Northwest Thrift-Con for The Stranger
More stories about water, beer and tea…
Seltzer Is Over. Mineral Water Is Forever for PUNCH
What If You Actually Cared About Tea? for TASTE
Now Entering The Golden Age Of Non-Alcoholic Beer for PUNCH
Gwyneth Paltrow Drinks Boring Water for Bon Appétit
Holy Waters for Noble Rot #25
Everything You Know About Tea Is Wrong for Sprudge
My Favorite Cold Brew Isn’t Cold Brew At All for TASTE
Where To Find Portland’s Best Tea Programs for Willamette Week
More stories about travel, crime and people…
What If You Solved The Zodiac Killer Mystery And No One Believed You? for Portland Monthly Magazine
In The Presence of The Llama for Yes Plz
Soaking In Bagby Hot Springs Is A Portland Rite of Passage for Willamette Week
San Francisco Got A New Record Shop In The Tenderloin—Here’s Why It’s So Great for San Francisco Chronicle Datebook
Exploring The Sonic World of Late EDM Pioneer Patrick Cowley for San Francisco Chronicle Datebook
The Deligthful Complexity of Soda and Bitters for PUNCH
Portland Hotel Staycations for Portland Monthly
Postcard From The Real Portlandia for PUNCH
Whatever Happened To Kitty? for Yez Plz
Pandemic Travel: A Dreamy Weekend In Astoria for Portland Monthly Magazine