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Eric Ginsburg

Raleigh
As seen in: Food Fanatic, Medium, MSN, Yahoo Life, MSN Philippines, USA Today, Vessel, VICE, Serious Eats, Teen Vogue, Bon Appetit and
Covers:  I've spent years covering news, food, and culture. My work gravitates towards justice, food, and sometimes both. Labor, policing, food, politics, media, and much more.
Doesn't Cover: The New York Yankees.
Food writer & editor | He/him | Freelance ✍🏼 for @bonappetit, @wineenthusiast, @eatercarolinas etc. | Follow me on Insta or Threads instead

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Eric Ginsburg is an independent journalist who previously served as the managing editor and food writer at alternative weekly newspaper Triad City Beat.

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How Becoming a Father Made Me Proud to Be a Man

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By Eric Ginsburg
| Playboy Verified
After a lifetime of rejecting it, fatherhood forced me to rethink masculinity. Getty Images There’s an episode of the kids’ show “Bluey” that felt like a knife in the gut. In “The Pool,” anthropomorphic dog Bandit brings his kids to swim, but leaves behind all the “boring” things — snacks, sunscreen, goggles, sandals — that their mom would’ve usually packed.
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What dad really needs for Father's Day? Other dads. | Opinion Original

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By Eric Ginsburg
| USA Today Verified
June 21, 2026, 5:05 a.m. ET Becoming a parent is the most transformational shift I’ve ever experienced. The change was intentional – I wanted to be as present as possible, to soak up every moment with my daughter and to allow fatherhood to remake me. My priorities realigned around her, and the aperture of my focus narrowed to family. Free time evaporated as we tracked sleep and diapers, trying to settle into a new routine. My book reading and news consumption plummeted. Travel ground to a halt.
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Oak City Smoke | Our State

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By Eric Ginsburg
| Our State Verified
Dave Mitchell is not a morning person. Longleaf Swine, the downtown Raleigh restaurant where he works as the chef, is not open today. And yet, a few minutes before 8 a.m., he comes barreling in the front door, eager to get a fire started. Without pausing, Mitchell power walks to a two-top table, flipping down the chairs perched atop it and swinging a gray bag off his back into one of them.
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