Left grad school to take a job as a copy editor at the Lafayette, Indiana Journal and Courier
Worked as a reporter for Lerner Newspapers; co-wrote the bi-weekly review “The Famished Four”
Senior editor and restaurant critic with Chicago magazine
1997
Joined Esquire magazine as a contributing editor; contributed to the food series, and co-authored the magazine's popular "Things a Man Should Know" series
2003
Appeared as the food and wine connoisseur on the Bravo reality series, “Queer Eye” (originally “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”)
