Cannabis-related articles:
- Terpenes 101: A hatchet job (Valley Advocate, March 2024, in press)
- Weed utopia (Valley Advocate, January 8, 2024)
- The real reason the weed market is broken (Vital City, December 13, 2023)
- From deviant to decriminalized: The surprising progressive roots of the war on drugs (Valley Advocate, October 27, 2023)
- How high will you get from weed? Know thyself, not thy THC (Valley Advocate, August 25, 2023)
- Blunt realities of weed economics: the national patchwork of legalization (The Monthly Harvest, American Enterprise Institute, August 4, 2022)
- Federal weed legalization: less is more (The Monthly Harvest, American Enterprise Institute, August 4, 2022)
- All aboard the gummy express (Valley Advocate, July 17, 2023)
- Op-Ed: How big will legal weed get? Two factors limit market, even if US legalizes cannabis (USA Today, July 26, 2022)
- Op-Ed: Why legal weed is losing the war to illegal weed (LA Times, May 22, 2022)
General-interest articles:
- Ping-pong paradise (Racquet, 2018)
- Why you don’t need fish oil supplements (Men’s Health, 2016)
Food articles:
My food column, “Best Bites with Robin Goldstein,” which has run in the Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Mass.) since April 2022, and sometimes also in the Valley Advocate, Amherst Bulletin, and Greenfield Recorder. The following articles have working links:
- Episode 32: Ordering off the kid’s menu: 9-year-old budding food critic shares his top 15 places to eat (February 23, 2024)
- Episode 31: Where to eat dinner right now: Top 35 Valley spots for dinner (February 9, 2024)
- Episode 30: Laissez les bon temps rouler: Gombo (November 17, 2023)
- Episode 29: Think again, culinary elitists: Texas Roadhouse (October 27, 2023)
- Episode 28: A taste of Old San Juan in Holyoke: Rincón Boricua (August 25, 2023)
- Episode 27: Cheers! A toast to Valley wineries: Where to find the most delicious local wines (August 3, 2023)
- Episode 26: Easthampton’s Tavern on the Hill back with some of the best brisket and sunsets around (July 19, 2023)
- Episode 25: Northampton’s farm-to-table restaurant speakeasy: Rooster Café (June 29, 2023)
- Episode 24: All Aboard the gummy express: Testing Northampton’s edible varities (June 19, 2023)
- Episode 23: The essential allure of the sugarhouse: Why Steve’s Sugar Shack is the most exclusive place to eat in America (April 3, 2023)
- Episode 22: No matter the style, BBQ right at home in Valley (February 18, 2023)
- Episode 21: Robin’s picks: Best of the Valley 2023 (January 13, 2023)
- Episode 20: Deep Korean flavors in the Valley (January 4, 2023)
- Episode 18: Western Mass. Indian food worthy of a pilgrimage (December 3, 2022)
- Episode 10: Eat up Shelburne Falls (August 12, 2022)
Articles currently missing from the Gazette website (links will hopefully be restored soon):
- Episode 19: Hibachi cuisine and the legend of Rocky Aoki (December 17, 2022)
- Episode 17: Aw shucks, here are the best oysters in town (November 18, 2022)
- Episode 16: Where to find an outstanding ten-dollar lunch (November 4, 2022)
- Episode 15: The Valley’s great date spots (October 21, 2022)
- Episode 14: Authentic Chinese flavors in the Valley (October 7, 2022)
- Episode 13: Coffeehouses: Where to sit, sip, and get lost in your work (September 23, 2022)
- Episode 12: Valley gastropubs: feels like a tavern, tastes like a culinary gem (September 9, 2022)
- Episode 11: Destination: ice cream (August 26, 2022)
- Episode 9: The lobster roll that dreams are made of (July 29, 2022)
- Episode 8: A cold beer in the fresh air and you (July 15, 2022)
- Episode 7: Old-school Italian-American (July 1, 2022)
- Episode 6: Lobster, a world-class luxury close to home (June 17, 2022)
- Episode 5: Margaritas and Mexican food, a feast for the senses (June 3, 2022)
- Episode 4: Gone to hot dog heaven (May 21, 2022)
- Episode 3: The fried seafood of my father’s childhood (May 6, 2022)
- Episode 2: Where would Nonnie go for a great Reuben? (April 25, 2022)
- Episode 1: Starting the day off right, with breakfast in Northampton (April 8, 2022)
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