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Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Sharing Food to Feed A Family’s Soul

by Aaron Gilbreath May 13, 2020October 19, 2022

Food feeds the body, but cooking for other people feeds human connections.

Copper and wooden pots and kitchen utensils
Posted inCulture, Food, Highlight, History, Nonfiction, Quotes

“Labor-Saving” Kitchen Gadgets End Up Creating More Work for Women

by benhuberman November 1, 2019October 19, 2022

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

by benhuberman October 31, 2019October 19, 2022

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 inNonfiction

A Once and Future Beef

by Will Meyer July 18, 2019February 10, 2023

Beef is a major culprit of the climate crisis, but if you want to consider beef’s future, then look to its past. The industry’s tactics have not changed as much as you might think.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Fighting the Vanilla Thieves of Madagascar

by benhuberman August 16, 2018October 19, 2022

Demand for vanilla from Madagascar has skyrocketed in recent years, but the process of exporting the spice to markets around the world is fraught with risk, unpredictability, and — increasingly — violence.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Fish That Gave Too Much

by benhuberman July 25, 2018October 19, 2022

The history of colatura — a fermented anchovy-based sauce produced in Italy — goes back millennia. Now, overfishing and rapidly warming waters threaten its future.

a bottle of soymilk next to a bowl of peeled soybeans and another bowl of whole edamame pods
Posted inFood, History, Quotes, Science & Nature

Just Try It, You’ll Like It, It’s Good for You

by michelleweber June 27, 2018October 19, 2022

Remember when you could only buy milk that came from cows and goats, rather than nuts and seeds? We live in a post-dairy world now, and soy milk started it all.

Posted inBooks, Food, Nonfiction, Story

“We All Had the Same Acid Flashback at the Same Time”: The New American Cuisine

by Longreads March 29, 2018October 19, 2022

How the scruffy kids of the ’60s youth movement turned cooking from a shameful job into a lauded profession.

Chinatown window by Pam Mandel
Posted inFood, Quotes, Writing

American Media is Still Getting Chinese Food All Wrong

by Pam Mandel April 27, 2017October 19, 2022

Chinese writers can bring a lot more to the table when it comes to writing about Chinese food.

Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quotes

I Can Totally Believe It’s Actually Butter!

by michelleweber March 24, 2017October 19, 2022

Libby Copeland talks to butter aficionado and food writer Elaine Khosrova about the history of butter and how to savor it. But is it good for us or not?

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