We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in food writing.
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It’s A Big Ocean, Full of Seaweed
In Lucky Peach‘s twelfth issue, Rachel Khong writes about the harvesting of wild algae, more commonly known as “seaweed,” on California’s coast: The seashore is where all our stories start. It’s understood that present-day humans evolved in littoral spaces, where the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish and shellfish, originally from seaweed, were needed to evolve complex nervous systems […]
All You Have Eaten: On Keeping a Perfect Record
An experiment in food as a mnemonic device.
“The Rumpus Interview with Elizabeth Gilbert.” —Rachel Khong, The Rumpus More from The Rumpus More from Gilbert
“The Rumpus Interview with Elizabeth Gilbert.” —Rachel Khong, The Rumpus More from The Rumpus More from Gilbert
