Career
The editor in chief of the blog Gardenista, she was previously a reporter for Newsday and a columnist for The New York Times,, and "TIME magazine". She is also is the author or co-author of several books, and in 2012 became a blogger herself as editor-in-chief of a lifestyle blog called Gardenista. "TIME magazine named Gardenista to its list of the year"s 25 Best Blogs in 2012.
Her husband is Joshua Quittner.