“Why can you buy lasagne flavour snacks in Thailand but not in Italy? Which country can cope with the hottest chili? And why do Germans like paprika so much?”
Food
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The Many Garlics of My Childhood
“Combing through decades of meal memories, and New York’s diamond district, to find a long-lost garlic dish from childhood.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring standout reads from Ian Urbina, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sallie Tisdale, Brad Rassler, and Adam Reiner.
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Confessions of a Tableside Flambéur
“In other words, every time someone orders a Bananas Foster at the Grill, a tuxedoed captain rolls up to their table pushing a trolley that costs as much as a Hyundai Elantra.”
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A Funeral for Fish and Chips: Why are Britain’s Chippies Disappearing?
“Plenty of people will tell you the East Neuk of Fife in Scotland is the best place in the world to eat fish and chips. So what happens when its chippies—and chippies across the UK—start to close?”
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The Butchering
“It also showed me a kind of pedagogy that exists in our communities. There are no grades in these moments, only stories and sometimes another pair of hands to guide your way.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s edition highlights stories by Megan Greenwell, Kerry Howley, Jeremy B. Jones, Marian Bull, and Ava Kofman.
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My Benihana, Myself
“What learning to flip shrimp tails and build onion volcanoes taught me about the gift of performance, and its emotional toll.”
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The “Top Chef” Oral History: “How Is This Going Off the Rails on Day One?”
“Padma, Tom, Gail, and other insiders reflect on how the Bravo show … transcended the reality TV genre to change food media and the American restaurant landscape forever.”