​Jessica Allen writes about food, culture, travel, and New York City (where she lives). 

Her work has been published in many places, including:
The Boston Globe, CBS, The Christian Science Monitor, CNN, The Independent,
McSweeney's, Mental Floss, The Onion A.V. Club,  
Paste, Publishers Weekly, Roads & Kingdoms, Salon, 
The Smart Set, The Toast, The Washington Post, and Writer's Digest.​
Her book about books was published in 2018.

She can be reached at jessallenica [at] gmail.com.