The rise of the protein drink industry.
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Living That Early Bird Life, But Differently
Why is the iconic early bird special disappearing in Florida’s retirement communties?
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Fine for the Whole Family
Helen Rosner’s ode to Olive Garden, and why the chain can never improve a menu no one wants to change.
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‘Hotchickenfrication’: One Fowl Enterprise
The origin story of Prince’s Hot Chicken, and how imitators are polluting this spicy comfort food.
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The Japanese Origins of Modern Fine Dining
How kaiseki — Japan’s formal dining tradition — became a major (though often unacknowledged) influence on modern haute cuisine.
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Like Sheep to the Sanitized Slaughter Zone
“Turkey, in all of its modernist efforts, is just covering up the smell of its own shit.”
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Sacrifice and Hope on Eid al-Adha
“Eid al-Adha is a mirage in the middle of the harsh desert of the Turkish spirit, a vision of the unified Turkey that we all wish existed.”
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Moonshine: The Black Tradition of Distilling ‘White Whiskey’
If craft food culture looks overwhelmingly white, it’s because black influences have been routinely scrubbed from its history.
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The White Lies of Craft Culture
How the artisanal-food movement has built its success by appropriating — and erasing — the labor of people of color.
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The Editor Who Brought Julia Child to America
Judith Jones, the legendary Knopf editor, has died at the age of 93.