recently published

The American Scholar (Summer 2009) Jungle Bungle Review of Greg Grandin's Fordlandia, which chronicles Henry Ford's ill-advised, ill-conceived, and ill-executed dream to recreate an American subdivision deep in the Amazon.

The Atlantic (June 2009) Cold Fusion Ice may be the most neglected ingredient in the modern cocktail. That's just plain wrong.

Imbibe (May/June 2009) Past and Presence Chris McMillian doesn't just act like a 19th century New Orleans bartender. He pretty much is one.

The Atlantic (April 2009) Spirits of the Dead Eric Seed provides a new palette for cocktail historians striving to revive long-deceased cocktails.

The Atlantic (March 2009)Herd on the Street What would Hemingway say? A nueva New Orleans tradition, now two years old, involves runners being pursued by horned roller girls bearing bats.

New York Times (Feb. 13, 2009) Zulu at 100: Still Marching to Its Own Beat For the past century, New Orleans's Zulu krewe has provided one of the less explicable sights in a city where much is inexplicable. (See "Herd on the Street," above.)

This American Life  (radio broadcast, Nov. 30. 2008) Poultry Slam Why do chickens sucked into tornadoes lose all their feathers? A brief journey through history, or why Elias Loomis put chickens in cannons and vacuum jars. (Fourth of five segments, at 40:30 of podcast.)