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What Chickens Know: On Bonding with Birds and the Language of Hens

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

How the British Monarchy Made Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day

How the British Monarchy Made Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day

Tom Parker Bowles Offers an Overview of Royal Culinary History, Along With a Recipe for Baked Eggs

By Tom Parker Bowles | October 23, 2024

Heavenly Paella: Exploring a Unique Monastic Culinary Culture in the Mountains of Catalonia

Heavenly Paella: Exploring a Unique Monastic Culinary Culture in the Mountains of Catalonia

Jody Eddy Visits The 12th-­Century Cistercian Monastery of Poblet

By Jody Eddy | October 21, 2024

The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

Aditi Machado on the Literary Power of Food Descriptions

By Aditi Machado | October 21, 2024

Legendary Pastry Chef Dominique Ansel Recommends a No-Frills Way to Pop the Question

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

By Dominique Ansel | October 18, 2024

Anthony Bourdain on the Life and Legacy of a Truly Infamous Cook: Typhoid Mary

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

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Animal Rights Are Women’s Rights: Why British Suffragettes Went Vegetarian

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Chowder and Community: In Praise of Warm Meals and Warm Hearts

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I made Nicholas Sparks’ Splenda-packed chicken salad.

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American Nightmare: Alice Driver on the Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives at a Meatpacking Plant During Covid

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The Author of “Life and Death of the American Worker” in Conversation with Sarah Viren

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How Our Diet and Culinary Heritage Informs the Way We Speak

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Iheoma Nwachukwu on Food, Language and the Immigrant Experience

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The coolest bookstore bars in America.

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Slippery, Slimy and Sublime: On Our Fascination with Eels

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Ellen Ruppel Shell Goes Deep on the Cultural Life of the Anguillidae

By Ellen Ruppel Shell | August 5, 2024

Returning to the Scene: What’s Left of Café Loup, Legendary NYC Literary Haunt?

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Erin Edmison Looks Back From Her Customary Spot at the Bar

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“Weapons of Health Destruction...” How Colonialism Created the Modern Native American Diet

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