Melissa is the editor for Eater New York. She has over 20 years of experience in food writing and editing, including having worked for Mark Bittman's Substack and his website on Medium; as restaurant critic for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Newsday. She has freelanced for the Washington Post, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Wall Street Journal, and more. She co-authored "Bread and How to Eat It" with baker Rick Easton for Knopf, released in May 2023. She lives with Easton and her two springer spaniels.