Essays

In addition to her food stories, Ruth also writes essays, commentary, opinion pieces, and observations on current affairs, politics, and popular culture. Ruth studied writing and journalism at Carnegie-Mellon University and New York University, and creative nonfiction at Johns Hopkins University.

The sleeper spy they forgot to wake up

The sleeper spy they forgot to wake up

By RUTH GOLDSTEIN FOR THE BALTIMORE SUN |NOV 18, 2019 I think I might be a sleeper spy someone forgot to wake up. By Fox News standards, I’m basically a Dreamer: My parents came from Canada and my grandparents (all four) emigrated from Ukraine when it was still part...

Finding a silver lining in a pandemic | COMMENTARY

Finding a silver lining in a pandemic | COMMENTARY

By RUTH GOLDSTEIN FOR THE BALTIMORE SUN |OCT 23, 2020 In a conventional war, if you know where the enemy is you know where to take a stand. Famous front lines have even gone down in history — Gettysburg, Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge. This war against the...

Finding my way at the Waverly farmers market

Finding my way at the Waverly farmers market

The Waverly farmers market pops up like a mushroom once a week in a parking lot across the street from the library, evaporates at the stroke of noon and appears again seven days later, 52 weeks a year. It is part of my usual Saturday morning ritual. On this...