“In my homeland, where we used to cook and celebrate together, my relatives are eating animal feed to keep from starving.”
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Eating the Earth
“The burgeoning global food trade is a lifeline for billions, but it is fragile and hard on the planet.”
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Stew Kids on the Block
“The rise of the stewfluencer is more than a TikTok trend. It’s a way of life.”
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Hot Dog University
“Different zip codes, different lives, but somehow, they all trace the same strange road back to a place called Hot Dog University.”
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I Spent a Week Eating Discarded Restaurant Food. But Was It Really Going to Waste?
“But really, all I can really think about is: What’s in the bag?”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending stories from Yasmin Tayag, Elliott Woods, David Ramsey, Larissa Diakiw, and A.S. Hamrah.
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Fried Fish & Family Affairs
“When the way ahead isn’t clear, the solution, sometimes, is to eat.”
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Death by Duxelles
“This was a story of culinary disguise, of meat concealed in dough and murder masquerading as lunch.”
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200 Cats, 200 Dogs, One Lab: The Secrets of The Pet Food Industry
“Pet food is a £120bn industry, with vast resources spent on working out how best to nourish and delight our beloved charges. But how do we know if we’re getting it right?”
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Thomas Keller Asked Me to Leave The French Laundry. It Turned Into My Most Extraordinary Night as a Critic.
“There’s a slight quaver in the chef’s voice, and he tells me he is nervous. This is not something he is accustomed to doing, he says — asking a critic to leave.”
