Matt Gross
I'm a journalist.
I do: 1) Digital direction for high-quality editorial brands, such as Sunset, Runner's World, Realtor.com, Bon Appétit, and more. 2) Travel/food writing for NYT, Bloomberg, Airbnb, F+W, etc.
Bloomberg
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Cricket Eggs Benedict: Is It Gross?
With your host, Matt Gross
When you grow up with a name like Gross, you learn pretty quickly what it means: icky, yucky, disgusting. You know—gross. But you also learn, just as fast, to own it. Gross is big, gross is great, gross is 144 of whatever kind of awesomeness you’ve got. Just because I’m Gross doesn’t mean I’m gross.
In Is It Gross?, I’m applying that same POV to the weird, wild world of breakfast foods. I’ll be sampling the oddest morning-time treats I can find—from the funky to the...
The Guardian
How Stanley Tucci's Big Night helped kick off an American dining ...
How Stanley Tucci's Big Night helped kick off an Am...
The Village Voice
Kalustyan's Market Is a Round-the-World Ticket for Your Face
Kalustyan's Market Is a Round-the-World Ticket for ...
AFAR
Burma Blossoms
A once-impenetrable country reveals itself to Matt Gross one meal at a time. In Burma, the day begins, more often than not, with mohinga. It’s a fish noodle soup, and hardly flashy. The bowl of thin white rice noodles in yellowish broth, topped with crisp fritters and sometimes an egg, is...
AFAR
Runner’s High
Far above the plains where lions roam, there’s another Kenya, where life moves slowly and the people run fast. Writer Matt Gross tries to keep up. On a clear Thursday morning in November, in the hills of Iten, Kenya, approximately 50 men and women gathered for a weekly workout called...
AFAR
What It’s Really, Truly Like to Be a Travel Writer
“Travel writer” is, without question, the best job in the world: Who wouldn’t want to have wild adventures around the globe, then write up the results in publications read by millions of fervent dreamers who hoard their PTO in hopes of one day emulating your glories for a few days...
AFAR
Spin the Globe: Matt Gross in Tunis
AFAR chose a destination at random—by literally spinning a globe—and sent Matt Gross on a spontaneous journey to Tunisia. “You must marry an Arab woman,” said the taxi driver as he took me across Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. Then he moved his eyes from the road to the rearview...
The New York Times
Three Things I've Learned About Frugal Travel (and the Things I Didn't Do)
After four years, Matt Gross is handing in his Frugal Traveler badge, but he forever remains an eager, untiring traveler — and, depending on your point of view, a frugal one....
The New York Times
Matt Gross Answers Frequently Asked Questions
Jun 26, 2007 ... Frugal Traveler | American Road Trip. Matt Gross Answers Frequently Asked Questions. Matt Gross for The New York Times ......
The New York Times
Lost in Jerusalem
In streets filled with the faithful and in bars filled with the almost familiar, a nonbeliever finds his place in one of the world’s holiest places....
The New York Times
Lost in Paris
In a city so well known and loved, where does discovery lie? In the thrill of the new, yes, but also in the surprise of memories waiting at every corner....
The New York Times
Sailing With Few Frills or Inhibitions
Feb 25, 2007 ... After an excursion, easyCruiseOne passengers relax in the hot tub before heading back out for dinner. By MATT GROSS. Published: February ......
The New York Times
Frugal Traveler: American Road Trip - Travel
May 23, 2007 ... Finally, Exit From New York. Matt Gross for The New York Times. The Frugal Traveler's 1989 Volvo station wagon, on a country road outside ......