Emma Orlow is a reporter at Eater New York.
You can also find her words in The New York Times, T Magazine, New York Magazine's Grub Street, Bon Appétit, Vogue, and more.
She has written about elusive restaurant signmakers, naughty cookbooks, overdose prevention in hospitality, midnight urban apple-picking, dinner parties, a wagashi artist, the "Soup Doula," a secret crab delivery, a dosa stand, worker-ownership models, and the ways pop-ups have changed the dining landscape. She helped execute Eater City Guide: New York (out spring 2024), transforming the website into a book.
Beyond the food beat, she's reported on the world's largest dollhouse miniatures convention and unconventional artist residencies.
Her writing is informed by time spent working for chefs, food/prop stylists, photographers, artists, museums, and miscellaneous service industry gigs.
Here's an interview that gives more of a taste.
