Lorena Cupcake

My recap of 2019 in hip-hop.

A cannabis-informed guide to The Windy City in the 2019 winter issue of cannabis cooking magazine Kitchen Toke. [Available in print only]

I profiled Young American chef Nick Jirasek for the 2019 winter issue of cannabis cooking magazine Kitchen Toke. [Available in print only]

Thank you to Jake Malooley for tapping me for this Q & A in Chicago Magazine.

Thank you to Jamie Ludwig for this profile on my work as a budtender.

I wrote about DEBIT, DJ Haram, Loraine James and MoMA Ready for FACT's list of 2019's best albums.

I wrote about 100 gecs, Guapdad 4000 and Yung Baby Tate.

I profiled Chopped winner Dave Hadley for the 2019 summer issue of cannabis cooking magazine Kitchen Toke. [Available in print only]

I wrote blurbs for DaBaby, Melii and Tyler the Creator.

An introductory primer to Mexican soft drinks.

I contributed a full-length feature on event organizer Crystal Bauer Feldman to the spring 2019 issue of Kitchen Toke magazine. [Available in print only]

I wrote about how Chicago’s Latinx music scene creates community across cultures for RBMA.

An interview with Pilsen native Chef Manny Mendoza about the Herbal Notes pop-up dinner series, community re-investment and healing through cannabis.

Lorena Cupcake on CupcakKe.

Recapped 2018 + built a bangin' playlist for FACT.