I try mightily to find, write and share good stories in a way that makes a bit of difference in a person’s day.

I spent 13 wonderful years doing that as a reporter and eventually food editor at the Chicago Sun-Times (scrappiest newspaper on Earth). More recently, I helped restaurants, hotels, breweries and other businesses articulate their stories as lead storyteller at Kinship, a Chicago marketing agency. Taglines, websites, radio scripts, the blurb on the back of a doughnut bag — you name it, I wrote it.

I’m a two-time James Beard Journalism Award finalist. You can poke around Epicurious, Chicago Magazine and DNAinfo Chicago (RIP) to read some of my work.

I could live without dark chocolate, cast-iron pans and running shoes, but I don’t want to. Analog suits me fine. Meals with my family matter most.