This week, we’re sharing stories from Pamela Colloff, Jordan Smith, James Ross Gardner, Michelle Dowd, and Jaya Saxena.
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Abuela, Chef, Boss: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s Grandmother Feeds the Majors
“Altagracia Alvino may be the most popular and powerful grandmother in baseball. For about two decades, she has filled the bellies of hundreds of players, most of them Latin Americans far from home. Eating her comfort food is a tradition that has become especially popular among players from the family’s homeland, the Dominican Republic.”
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The Oral History of Serious Eats
In the early days of food blogging, these food nerds’ ambitious experiment helped shape how online food journalism could look, but the struggle for financial stability, editorial integrity, sleep, and work-life balance was never ending.
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Shelved: Yoko Ono
On Yoko Ono’s 1974 album “A Story,” and stepping out from behind the ever-present shadow of John Lennon.
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Snapshot of Canada: An Accidental Reading List
An incomplete portrait of a nation emerges from a stash of old print magazines.
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Who’s Considered Thin Enough for Eating Disorder Treatment?
Two patients who’ve lost 30% of their body weight. Both restrict food to the point of blacking out. Both are in imminent danger of pancreatic failure. But only one’s skinny, so only one gets real care.
Posted inArts & Culture, Food, Highlight, Quotes
Stovetop Revenge
Black women take power where they can find it, and sometimes that’s in a pot of hot, skin-searing grits.
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The Quest to Find a Lost Arctic Explorer’s Buried Soup
In 1900, Baron Eduard von Toll buried a cache of food in the Arctic to aid a lengthy expedition and despite attempts to locate it, the store went undiscovered until 1973. They big surprise? The contents remained edible, preserved by the Arctic permafrost for over 70 years: “a box with 48 cans of cabbage soup, […]
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Before You Eat or Drink Anything, Ask An Expert
Now tat certified taste experts specialize in a range of foods, from hot sauce to honey, is taste becoming too codified?
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
Science Says Life is Better in Intentional Communities
Intentional communities are a prophylactic against the plague of loneliness and a gateway to a meaningful life.
