ARTICLES
Food Writing
“Meet the Mettigel”, the world’s only deep-dive into the roots and enduring popularity of the German meat hedgehog, for Atlas Obscura
“The Kokoreç has Landed”, investigation into the sudden appearance of Turkish sheep intestine sandwiches in Berlin, for Berlin Food Stories
“Why Cheetos are Banned in Germany”, on how a dubious copyright claim kept Chester Cheetah out of German supermarkets, for The Takeout
“A Taste Test of German Supermarkets’ Bizarro Versions of American Foods“, reporting on Lidl’s America Week for The Takeout
Other Takeout features: In-N-Out Burger in Berlin, a farewell to the chaotic Italian sandwich man of TikTok, all about seafood desserts and more
Full restaurant review archives (as “Jane Silver”):
Food features for The Takeout: Germany’s ban on Cheetos, In-N-Out Burger in Berlin, America Week at Lidl
Travel, Sustainability and Lifestyle
“New life for Switzerland’s hippy valley”, Guardian travel piece exploring Valle Onsernone in Ticino
“Coworking With An Impact”, profile of Berlin space Impact Hub for The Startup Guide
English features for queer magazine Siegessäule: Helping queer Ukrainians, Israel and the club scene, Queer Cuisine interview
“Village People”, article on digital nomads in Brandenburg for Next Generation Living
Exberliner features
All about Berlin’s crayfish invasion, exploring women*-only music initiatives, visiting the Syrian businesses of Sonnenallee, the draconian music rights organisation GEMA, getting to the root of Germany’s fascination with the American Old West at a line dancing bar and a Wild West theme park, buying Bitcoin during the cryptocurrency’s first price hike in 2014, getting rejected from fancypants clubs, Foodsharing adventures gone awry and much more
Exberliner interviews
Olafur Eliasson, the late Mark E. Smith, Jenny Hval and Berlin locals Duc Ngo, Dylan Watson-Brawn, Gurr, Andre de Ridder and Batman
BOOKS
Research and writing for Frommer’s Travel Guides: Ticino, Graübunden and The Engadine Valley for Frommer’s Switzerland (2019); Berlin for Frommer’s Germany (2016)
Interviews and profiles for Startup Guide Basel Area (2022)
Profiles and additional text for Water Worlds (2022), about water habitats and the activists working to preserve them
Rachel Glassberg 