“As they pass through different hands, cooking utensils can magically connect us to loved ones who are no longer with us.”
Bee Wilson
Posted inTop 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommendations from Bobbie Johnson; Bee Wilson; Jia Tolentino; Isra Fejzullaj, Rina Chandran, and Michael Zelenko; and Matthew Ponsford.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Allie Conti, Joe Sexton and Nate Schweber, Alexander Chee, Nell Scovell, and Bee Wilson.
Posted inCulture, Food, Highlight, History, Nonfiction, Quotes
“Labor-Saving” Kitchen Gadgets End Up Creating More Work for Women
Instand Pot: great. Dover eggbeater? Not so much.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Instant Pot Understands the History of Women’s Labor in the Kitchen
The history of domestic cooking is littered with useless gadgets that were supposed to make home cooks’ lives easier, and failed. The Instant Pot is a rare exception.
Posted inTop 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Bee Wilson, Seyward Darby, Wil S. Hylton, Greg Milner, and Annie Dillard.
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quotes
If Clean Food Is for Everyone, Why Are Its Gurus All Young, Pretty Women?
How gendered marketing tropes continue to fuel the latest lifestyle fads.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Why We Fell for Clean Eating
On the rise of orthorexia — “an obsession with consuming only foods that are pure and perfect” — and the burgeoning industry that feeds it.