Hello! I’m Wilder.

According to my mom, I’m a very talented writer.
You can see some of my stuff below.
Let me know if you wanna get tacos some time.

i am currently on staff at

but perhaps you’ve seen my work in such glamorous places as

a few of my greatest hits

The Best Restaurants in the San Fernando Valley

Thrillist

A big love letter to the food paradise I grew up in. I wish I could have included about 1,000 more restaurants, but them’s the berries.

Tips For Surviving Adult Summer Camp

The Washington Post

I am hopelessly in love with adult summer camps, so I tricked The Washington Post into letting me write about them.

Meet the Sisters Selling Indonesian Street Food out of a Glendale Driveway

L.A. Taco

I was the first to report on the pandemic-born Bungkus Bagus, an Indonesian street food pop-up sensation.

An American's Quest to Find Fourth Meal in Canada

High Times

or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Green Onion Cake

Jonathan Gold Helped Me Fall in Love With My Own City

We Like L.A.

I couldn't say anything about J Gold that hadn't been said by the countless other food writers whose lives he changed, but I could say what he meant to me.

i make websites too, tell your friends

here’s what i’m eating

listen to my really stupid podcast

Jesse & Wilder’s Guide to Life

I co-host a rubric-making show with Jesse McGrath, which critics have hailed as “a podcast.” Take a listen wherever you get your podcasts.