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Books at the Bar: A Reading List of Fictional Bars, Bartenders, and Bar Flies

Books at the Bar: A Reading List of Fictional Bars, Bartenders, and Bar Flies

Natalka Burian on Chantal V. Johnson, Dominique Fabre, Nghi Vo, and More

By Natalka Burian | July 13, 2022

A Recipe Must Do Many Things: Writing a Cookbook With Chef Kwame Onwuachi

A Recipe Must Do Many Things: Writing a Cookbook With Chef Kwame Onwuachi

Joshua David Stein on Moving from Cowriting a Memoir to Cowriting a Cookbook

By Joshua David Stein | July 7, 2022

Homeric Wisdom For Cooks and Writers: You Just Have to Keep On “Doing It”

Homeric Wisdom For Cooks and Writers: You Just Have to Keep On “Doing It”

Rebecca May Johnson in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 7, 2022

What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Fat

What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Fat

David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé on the Evolving Science Around What We Eat

By David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé | June 21, 2022

On Writing (and Not Writing) About Mutton Biryani

On Writing (and Not Writing) About Mutton Biryani

Nandita Dinesh on Family Recipes and What Goes Unsaid

By Nandita Dinesh | June 17, 2022

Unhealthy, Smelly, and Strange: Why Italians Avoided Tomatoes for Centuries

Unhealthy, Smelly, and Strange: Why Italians Avoided Tomatoes for Centuries

William Alexander on the Tomato's Rocky Road from Exotic Curiosity to Culinary Staple

By William Alexander | June 9, 2022

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Making Meat Jun, Facing History: Flattening Korean Tradition in Hawaiʻi

Joseph Han on the Militarized History Behind a Favorite Food

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On the Foods We Bring From Deepest Childhood Into Grown-Up Life

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On Reconnecting With My Korean Heritage Through Food

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Scott Nelson: The War in Ukraine is a War for Wheat and Corn

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Food and Drink Pairings For Patrick Swayze’s Filmography? Yes Please.

Food and Drink Pairings For Patrick Swayze’s Filmography? Yes Please.

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