white and black horse beside brown wooden fence

THE BRILLIANCE AND BEAUTY OF GERMANY’S ‘COW CHAPELS’

(Atlas Obscura)

cathedral illustration

ZERO-WASTE BERLIN

How Berlin is blazing a trail in zero-waste, sustainable food (Nat Geo Traveller Food)

low angle photo of church interior

BERLIN’S BEST MUSEUMS

A walking tour that takes in some of Berlin’s finest cultural sights (Nat Geo Traveller)

sheep on pasture in countryside in winter

THE SILVER OF THE SEAS

Herring have inspired devotion for centuries on Germany’s Baltic coast (Nat Geo Traveller Food)

Culinary travel features

The Silver of the Seas (National Geographic Traveller Food UK)
For the Love of White Gold (National Geographic Traveller Food UK, US and India. This feature won the IACP Culinary Travel Writing Award in 2019)
How Berlin is blazing a trail in zero-waste, sustainable food (National Geographic Traveller UK and Turkey)
The Brilliance and Beauty of Germany’s ‘Cow Chapels’ (Gastro Obscura)
Multiple features in SalzburgerLand supplement (Food and Travel)
Zurich: A Dazzling Tribute to All Things Chocolate(National Geographic Traveller Food UK, paid content for Zürich Tourism)
Going Dutch: Breaking Bread with the Hendrikx Family in The Hague (National Geographic Traveller Food UK)
EAT Frankfurt (National Geographic Traveller UK)
In my beautiful neighbourhood: a gourmet guide to Berlin’s Kreuzberg and Neukölln districts (Food and Travel)
Why Germany’s laid-back city of Freiburg has become a magnet for culinary aficionados (National Geographic Traveller UK)
European Food Trails (Switzerland and Germany, National Geographic Traveller Food UK)
Germany’s love affair with pale asparagus (The Guardian)

Food & restaurant writing

I write a regular recipe-led feature called Recipe Journal, available in print and occasionally online in two separate sections, for example, the 2021 BBQ feature’s recipe and restaurant sections (National Geographic Traveller Food)

The Mayonnaise Equator: the invisible line that divides Germany’s potato salads (Pit magazine)
Five Inventive Ways to Pair Welsh Food and Drink (National Geographic Traveller UK Wales Food and Drink Guide, paid content for Visit Wales)
We’ve Been Eating Pretzels All Wrong (The Spruce Eats)
How to spend 48 hours in Berlin as a Vegan (National Geographic Traveller Food UK)
Share a Sunday morning snack with Hamburg’s clubbers (National Geographic Traveller Food UK)
Tasting New Mexico Chiles in Santa Fe (National Geographic Traveller UK)
Eritrean Beef and Bubble Waffles: Discovering Berlin’s Street Food Scene at Markthalle Neun (one of two pieces for National Geographic Traveller UK’s Berlin cover story)
How to Eat Like a Local in Frankfurt (Time Out)
Slow Burners: 23 complex classics from around the world (Rheinischer Sauerbraten, National Geographic Traveller Food UK)

Profiles & interviews

Meet the maker: the Bavarian baker who elevates the art of traditional Easter treats (National Geographic Traveller Food UK)
Preserving the little-known treasures of Sylt Island (Relais & Châteaux TRAVEL BOOK)
Meet the Maker: Katharina Koch, the German Butcher Championing Air-Dried Sausages (National Geographic Traveller Food UK)
Pioneer: Interview with Ricky Saward, Head chef at Michelin-starred SEVEN SWANS (National Geographic Traveller UK)

Travel guides & hotel reviews

Germany Travel Picks (Substack newsletter)
The essential guide to Switzerland (National Geographic Traveler US)
4 food-forward European cities to visit in 2023 (National Geographic Traveller UK, paid content for Radisson Hotel Group)
A walking tour of Berlin’s best museums (National Geographic Traveller UK)
These eight destinations reveal Germany’s extraordinary untouched wilderness (National Geographic Traveller UK, paid content for the German National Tourism Office)
Four ways to travel responsibly through Germany (National Geographic Traveller UK, paid content for the German National Tourism Office)
8 Things to see and do in Frankfurt right now (Sawasdee | Thai Airways)
Layover guide to Frankfurt (Scott’s Cheap Flights)
Made in Düsseldorf: five of the city’s hottest independent addresses (SilverKris | Singapore Airlines)
Lindley Lindenberg hotel, Frankfurt (SilverKris | Singapore Airlines)
Made in Frankfurt (SilverKris | Singapore Airlines)
Frankfurt City Guide (enRoute | Air Canada)
The 5 Best Day Trips from Frankfurt (Time Out)
48 Hours in Frankfurt (Time Out)

Book contributions

German bakery entries, Europe’s Best Bakeries (September Publishing, 2019)
Chapter 10: The Pfalz and Rhine Terrace and Chapter 11: The Rhineland, Fodor’s Essential Germany (2019)
Chapter 10: Pfalz and Rhine Terrace, Fodor’s Germany Travel Guide (2016)

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