About Laura Weiss, Editor, Food and Things

As a native New Yorker who was forced into exile in DC for many years, I combine the newcomer’s and hometown girl’s passion for the city. I developed Food and Things to report on the food scene on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. That means occasional coverage of restaurant openings and other food-related events in the neighborhood. It also means food finds in other parts of the city that might be of interest to Upper West Siders.

For years, I’ve been a journalist covering beats ranging from the U.S. Congress, to education, to food and travel.

I’m very excited about the release of my book in April, Ice Cream: A Global History (Reaktion Books – Reaktion Books). You can pre-order it now on Amazon.com and from other book sellers.

I’ve written for The New York Times, The New York Daily News, Travel + Leisure, Interior Design, the Food Network web site and many other print and online publications. I was a reporter for Congressional Quarterly, a writer for TIME‘s school edition, and an editor for Zagat’s Long Island guide and I’ve blogged for the Huffington Post. At AOL, where I was a director, I managed content partnerships for major news and entertainment brands, including PBS and Teen People.

These days, I’m an adjunct professor at NYU’s Carter Journalism Institute. And I’m the author of Ice Cream: A Global History (Reaktion Books, forthcoming).

Meanwhile, let me know what you’d like to see on Food and Things.  And keep those comments coming!

Editorial Policy

Food and Things is strictly an editorial site.  Products, restaurants and other establishments cannot pay to be covered or recommended by Food and Things. We write occasional restaurant reviews. Since there’s no budget to cover the cost of meals, we typically visit a place only once. Occasionally, we attend press events and receive cookbooks and other products gratis for review. However, we never issue any guarantees of positive coverage. We call things like we see them.

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