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What Do Chefs Read?

What Do Chefs Read?

We Asked Five Culinary Superstars About the Books They Love

By Literary Hub | August 17, 2016

Why <em>The Futurist Cookbook</em> Was the First Lifestyle Blog

Why The Futurist Cookbook Was the First Lifestyle Blog

In Which the Writer Eats a Bizarre Dish Off a Hand-Mirror

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5 Fictional Vegetarians Who Defy Stereotypes

5 Fictional Vegetarians Who Defy Stereotypes

On Memes and More Nuanced Representations of Non-Meat Eaters

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What Does Silence Mean in the Age of Digital Noise?

What Does Silence Mean in the Age of Digital Noise?

On Zeus, Twitter, and Mixed Sensory Metaphors

By Laurence Scott | August 16, 2016

When Was My Mother No Longer My Mother?

When Was My Mother No Longer My Mother?

Confronting the Loss of Selfhood in the Face of MS

By Emma Geen | August 16, 2016

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Vu Tran: The Uncertain Memories of a Four-Year-Old Refugee

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Blair Braverman is Obsessed with the Things That Scare Her Most

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Black Protest Writing, From W.E.B. DuBois to Kendrick Lamar

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Eating Carrion at the Icelandic Writers Retreat

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