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Kwame Alexander on the Legacies of Love Passed Down Through Food

Kwame Alexander on the Legacies of Love Passed Down Through Food

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

By Luis Jaramillo | May 15, 2023

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

By Literary Hub | May 5, 2023

Finding Words in the Kitchen (Or: How I Stopped Hating Myself and Started Cooking)

Finding Words in the Kitchen (Or: How I Stopped Hating Myself and Started Cooking)

Diksha Basu on Rediscovering the Food of Her Youth

By Diksha Basu | April 26, 2023

“No Bees, No Food.” How Insects Help Farmers With Their Harvest

“No Bees, No Food.” How Insects Help Farmers With Their Harvest

Louise Gray on New and Unexpected Innovations in Modern Farming

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Why We All Need Dinner Parties in Our Lives

Why We All Need Dinner Parties in Our Lives

Natasha Feldman is a Big Proponent of Friendsday Wednesday

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Cocktails in Honor of Two Literary Greats: Virginia Woolf and Zora Neale Hurston

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How a War Over Eggs Marked the Early History of San Francisco

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Finding Memories of a Distant Home Through Milo Toast

Finding Memories of a Distant Home Through Milo Toast

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By Rachel Heng | March 28, 2023

Remembering the Egyptian Childhood I Never Had Through Its Culinary Traditions

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Jasmin Attia on Homesickness and Having a Foot in More Than One Country

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How Two Pieces of Art 50 Years Apart Helped Me Hate Cooking a Little Bit Less

How Two Pieces of Art 50 Years Apart Helped Me Hate Cooking a Little Bit Less

Rosalynn Tyo on Semiotics of the Kitchen and Lessons in Chemistry

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Why Authenticity Doesn’t Exist When It Comes To Food

Why Authenticity Doesn’t Exist When It Comes To Food

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By Ronnie Woo | March 16, 2023

72 Hours in Seattle: Where to Eat, Drink, and Visit During AWP 2023

72 Hours in Seattle: Where to Eat, Drink, and Visit During AWP 2023

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By Literary Hub | March 7, 2023

What’s In a Meal? On the Linguistic Origins of “Lunchtime”

What’s In a Meal? On the Linguistic Origins of “Lunchtime”

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More Than A Meal: How White House Dinners Shape Presidential Policy

More Than A Meal: How White House Dinners Shape Presidential Policy

Alex Prud’homme Considers the Gastronomic History of the American Presidency

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