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Food
The first issue of Reader’s Digest from 1922 is both shocking and relevant.
By
James Folta
| February 7, 2025
How Many Licks? On Tootsie Pops, Desire and the Science of Delayed Gratification
Sarah Perry Explores the Psychological and Material Factors Behind Our Candy Consumption Habits
By
Sarah Perry
| February 4, 2025
Sweet Yet Versatile: In Praise of the Magnificent Melon
Caroline Eden on the Long Journey of a Miraculous Fruit From Central Asia to Western Europe
By
Caroline Eden
| January 17, 2025
Why Did We Start Drinking Milk? On the Ancient Rise of Dairy Consumption
Anne Mendelson Explores the Prehistoric Origins of Modern Agriculture and Human-Animal Relations
By
Anne Mendelson
| January 9, 2025
Learning to Make the World’s Rarest Pasta
Eliot Stein on the Secret of Sardinia's Su Filindeu Noodles
By
Eliot Stein
| December 11, 2024
What Chickens Know: On Bonding with Birds and the Language of Hens
Sy Montgomery Explores the Complex World of Breeding and Studying the Famous Fowl
By
Sy Montgomery
| November 7, 2024
Best Reviewed
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How the British Monarchy Made Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day
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Tom Parker Bowles
| October 23, 2024
Heavenly Paella: Exploring a Unique Monastic Culinary Culture in the Mountains of Catalonia
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Jody Eddy
| October 21, 2024
The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators
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Aditi Machado
| October 21, 2024
Legendary Pastry Chef Dominique Ansel Recommends a No-Frills Way to Pop the Question
Hot Chocolate With Pink Champagne Marshmallows, a Sweet Yet Simple Proposal
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Dominique Ansel
| October 18, 2024
Anthony Bourdain on the Life and Legacy of a Truly Infamous Cook: Typhoid Mary
“Mary Mallon was a cook. And her story, first and foremost, is the story of a cook.”
By
Anthony Bourdain
| October 15, 2024
Animal Rights Are Women’s Rights: Why British Suffragettes Went Vegetarian
Elsa Richardson on the Emergence of Meatless Diets as a Form of Feminist Resistance
By
Elsa Richardson
| October 4, 2024
Chowder and Community: In Praise of Warm Meals and Warm Hearts
Tammy Armstrong on Finding Comfort and Inspiration in Fellowship and Food
By
Tammy Armstrong
| October 3, 2024
Pilsner Goes to America: How Beer Got Big in the 19th Century
Jeffrey M. Pilcher Tracks the Transatlantic Development of Pilsners and Lagers from Central Europe to the Americas
By
Jeffrey M. Pilcher
| September 30, 2024
I made Nicholas Sparks’ Splenda-packed chicken salad.
By
James Folta
| September 26, 2024
American Nightmare: Alice Driver on the Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives at a Meatpacking Plant During Covid
The Author of “Life and Death of the American Worker” in Conversation with Sarah Viren
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Sarah Viren
| September 5, 2024
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Halle Berry Will Play the President of the United States in
The President is Missing
February 4, 2026
by
Olivia Rutigliano
Why Horror Is the Perfect Genre for Processing Trauma
February 4, 2026
by
Christina Ferko
The Most Unhinged Women in Fiction (That Marisa Walz Would Still Invite to Brunch)
February 4, 2026
by
Marisa Walz
The Best Reviewed Books of the Month
"Poignant Tender The final line of em The Rest of Our Lives em is by…"
