“During annual pilgrimages to my hometown carnival, I never fail to find meaning among the doughnut burgers, feather boas, and iridescent dragons.”
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Present Tense: The Long Shadow of an Eating Disorder
Eating disorders never truly go away. They just go quiet. For a while.
Fortunate Son
“Returning to Vietnam with my parents, 50 years after the war ended.”
Of Tacos y Heartbreak
“The tacos I eat here in the U.S. are not the tacos my family eats in Mexico. They come close but there’s something missing. Maybe it’s the salt.”
The Next Drug Epidemic Is Blue-Raspberry Flavored
“How Galaxy Gas became synonymous with the country’s burgeoning addiction to gas.”
Why Does Yellowstone National Park Turn Us All into Maniacs?
“Petting bison, cooking food in geysers. Ride along with our writer on a wild trip to our nation’s most iconic national park at the height of tourist season to see all the bad behavior.”
My Lunches with Judith Jones, the Queen of Cookbooks
“Lessons learned at the kitchen counter with the editor of Julia Child, Edna Lewis, M. F. K. Fisher, and James Beard.”
The Noblest of Things
“The next day, I opened the hive and there were no bees.’
I Went Undercover as a Secret OnlyFans Chatter. It Wasn’t Pretty
“Your online influencer girlfriend is actually a rotating cast of low-wage workers. I became one of them.”
Getting Lost in the World’s Largest Stack of Menus
“Menus provide a window into history, a vital connection to our foodways.”
