PALATE CLEANSE is a thoughtful collection of contemporary musings and reviews surrounding food, wellness, culture, and simply? The world. By someone who works in food.

Here you’ll find esoteric (but playful!) takes on the physical and the metaphysical; vibe-based reviews, video content, media recs, and academic/psychoanalytic applications to simple dishes and food phenomena. My brain works in pairing seemingly-disparate parts of culture we consume, hopefully creating a harmony that clears the palate.

I started this newsletter in 2021 because I couldn’t stop noticing a troubling contradiction; most of food media was presented from a significant distance. Food culture tends to be defined by voices that haven’t worked intimately (in kitchens or behind-the-scenes spaces) with the product itself. This means that nuances around labor, culture, and honestly vibe get lost in translation. 

Whether it’s been as a line cook, a holistic private chef, or a general restaurant person, I’ve noticed the intricacies in how we operate around the symbolic object of food. All the while, I keep my hands busy. I’ve been published in places like Dirt, Digest, The Wine Zine, and The Association for the Study of Food in Society and write astrology for DVF.com. All the rest can be found here or my little insta @palate_cleanse.

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