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All the Chef Cameos in 'The Bear' Season 3, Explained
Colleges offer greener and cleaner dining options
Fresh food availability defies South Bronx’s reputation as a food desert
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Feeding Jersey
New Jersey is the Garden State. The food business is in its nature. But how the state's foodways work, and particularly how they shape the cities of North Jersey, brings vitality to some neighborhoods while leaving others behind. The cities of Orange, Elizabeth, and Paterson have especially interesting food pasts, and particularly promising food futures.
Trash & the City
As Managing Editor, I led a team of reporters, editors, and photographers for this special feature from the New York City News Service.
Grocery Stories: Elizabeth, 1925
In 1925, the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey had over 400 grocery stores. Back then, grocery stores were small, rarely more than the size of a room in today's houses. They were tacked onto houses, tucked away in basements, sequestered in corners of apartment buildings, and sometimes, constructed all alone in a freestanding building. Many of the buildings are still standing 100 years later, and some are even still grocery stores.
News Stories
Back-to-school shopping rebounds after COVID — but with some changes
Grocers say shoplifting is a manageable problem
Mott Haven pharmacies persist amid industry shakeup
More Writing
I'm a photographer, informal historian, and obsessive researcher about grocery stores.
And I write a blog.
I started visiting, photographing, and writing about supermarkets back in 2015. Since then, I've photographed over 5000 current and former grocery stores, and my website has more than three million pageviews.
You can read all about the project and view the website at marketreportblog.com.
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