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On Grief, Pizza, and the Power of Food to Evoke Memory

On Grief, Pizza, and the Power of Food to Evoke Memory

Adam Dalva Remembers His Brother

By Adam Dalva | July 24, 2023

Bill Boggs, Satirist of America’s Addiction to Celebrity, Drugs, Sex, and Food

Bill Boggs, Satirist of America’s Addiction to Celebrity, Drugs, Sex, and Food

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 6, 2023

Jake Skeets on Diné Food Traditions and the Relationship Between Food and Community

Jake Skeets on Diné Food Traditions and the Relationship Between Food and Community

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 5, 2023

From Pizza to Borscht: Unscrambling the Politics of National Dishes

From Pizza to Borscht: Unscrambling the Politics of National Dishes

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 30, 2023

Is There a French National Dish? On the History and Making of French Cuisine

Is There a French National Dish? On the History and Making of French Cuisine

Anya von Bremzen Considers Questions of Culinary Nationalism

By Anya von Bremzen | June 20, 2023

Finding Radical Potential in Nigella Lawson’s Food

Finding Radical Potential in Nigella Lawson’s Food

Rebecca May Johnson on the Power of an Overt Claim to Pleasure

By Rebecca May Johnson | June 7, 2023

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Jon Michaud on Bar Literature, Washington Heights, and the Ideal New York City Saloon

By Dwyer Murphy | June 7, 2023

Is Ice America’s Most Literary Element?

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Jon Michaud on the Best of New York City Distilled Into a Neighborhood Bar

By Keen On | June 6, 2023

“Do Wines Make Women Giggly?” On Sexism in Wine Culture

“Do Wines Make Women Giggly?” On Sexism in Wine Culture

Meg Bernhard Looks at a Long and Problematic Tradition

By Meg Bernhard | June 1, 2023

From a Rural Mexican Village to Creating Haute Cuisine in the Big City

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Laura Tillman Explores the Complexities and Anxieties of Migrant Chef Lalo García

By Laura Tillman | May 30, 2023

25 Nonfiction Books You Need to Read This Summer

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Because Novels Are Just Made-Up

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Kate Lebo on Making and Remaking Recipes On and Off the Page

Kate Lebo on Making and Remaking Recipes On and Off the Page

“Writing a recipe and reading a recipe are both acts of translation.”

By Kate Lebo | May 24, 2023

Kwame Alexander on the Legacies of Love Passed Down Through Food

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Plus a Free Recipe for 7 Up Pound Cake from the Author of Why Fathers Cry at Night

By Kwame Alexander | May 23, 2023

Enjoy Your Bread! On the Unlikely Discovery of an Old Family Recipe

Enjoy Your Bread! On the Unlikely Discovery of an Old Family Recipe

Luis Jaramillo Learns Something New About His Grandmother via Fan Mail

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Chana Porter and Cole Kazdin Talk Food and Feminism

Chana Porter and Cole Kazdin Talk Food and Feminism

A Conversation About the Complex Relationship Between Women, Food, and Social Control

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