Julia Moskin has been a reporter for the Din­ing sec­tion since 2004. A life­long New York­er, Ms. Moskin began writ­ing about food in 1993 as restau­rant crit­ic for the week­ly New York Press, while work­ing as an edi­tor of cook­books. Lat­er, as a free­lance writer, she co-authored nine cook­books while writ­ing for mag­a­zines includ­ing Saveur and Met­ro­pol­i­tan Home. At the Times, she has writ­ten on such diverse sub­jects as the punk-veg­an move­ment, ille­gal traf­fic in Girl Scout cook­ies on eBay, the best recipe for mac­a­roni and cheese, and the wide­spread prac­tice of freez­ing fish for sushi. She lives in New York City with her family.