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The Thing About Pig Heads

The Thing About Pig Heads

So There I Was, Holding the Two Halves of a Pig’s Brain in My Palm

By Camas Davis | July 24, 2018

On Recreating Leonardo da Vinci's Vineyard (and His Wine)

On Recreating Leonardo da Vinci's Vineyard (and His Wine)

Wine-Loving Scientists Remake a 16th-Century Garden

By Kevin Begos | June 28, 2018

The Best Writing in Memoriam of Anthony Bourdain

The Best Writing in Memoriam of Anthony Bourdain

What to Read to Celebrate the Great Writer, Explorer and Eater

By Emily Temple | June 12, 2018

Salman Rushdie on His Sister's Iconic Cookbook

Salman Rushdie on His Sister's Iconic Cookbook

Sameen Rushdie's Home Cooking Comes to American Kitchens

By Salman Rushdie | June 7, 2018

How Cooking Frees My Mind to Think About Writing

How Cooking Frees My Mind to Think About Writing

Since I Was a Child, I've Been Obsessed with Food in Literature

By Jenna Blum | June 6, 2018

14 Books <em>Not</em> to Read if You’re Hungry

14 Books Not to Read if You’re Hungry

Cooking Memoirs, Culinary Profiles, Fictional Restaurants, and More

By Hannah Howard | May 3, 2018

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Esmé Weijun Wang Finds Her Way Back to a Beloved Childhood Dish

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A Boeuf Bourguignon for the End of the World

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On War, Satire, and the Novels of Irène Némirovsky

By Patrick Nathan | December 11, 2017

Now You Too Can Bake Like Emily Dickinson This Holiday Season

Now You Too Can Bake Like Emily Dickinson This Holiday Season

7 Delicious Recipes from a Great American Poet

By Emily Temple | December 8, 2017

The Food Writer Who Lost Her Sense of Smell

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By Sofia Perez | November 2, 2017

Come and Eat the World's Largest Shrimp Cocktail in Mexico's Massacre Capital

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For Freeman's, Diego Enrique Osorno Finds an Odd Mix of Crime and Tourism in Tamaulipas

By Diego Enrique Osorno | October 25, 2017

Currybooks: On Authenticity and Our Expectations of South Asian Writers

Currybooks: On Authenticity and Our Expectations of South Asian Writers

Diasporic Writers Have to Play Both Tourist and Tour Guide

By Naben Ruthnum | October 23, 2017

The Little Known, Much Loved Cookbook That Was Ahead of Its Time

The Little Known, Much Loved Cookbook That Was Ahead of Its Time

On Patience Gray's Honey from a Weed

By Adam Federman | September 14, 2017

How French Cuisine Took Over the World

How French Cuisine Took Over the World

(And the Early Cookbook Industry)

By Henry Notaker | September 13, 2017

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