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Mayukh Sen

Posted inEditor's Pick

The (Other) French Chef

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 5, 2022January 25, 2023

“Julia Child’s collaborator Simone Beck has lingered as an object of pity in public memory. But maybe Beck didn’t want stardom at all.”

Posted inNonfiction

Longreads Best of 2019: Food Writing

by Longreads December 20, 2019October 19, 2022

We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in food writing.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 8, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Sophia Jones, Abigail Covington, Emily Raboteau, Mayukh Sen, and Barry Yeoman.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Barbra Streisand’s Singular Women

by Sari Botton April 25, 2018October 19, 2022

Mayukh Sen looks back at Barbra Streisand’s career as an actress, director and producer — shedding light on the sexist double standards in Hollywood that have led to her being portrayed as “difficult” for the kinds of demands and expectations her male counterparts are never called into question for.

Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 26, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Aly Raisman, Joseph Williams, Jenna Wortham, Mayukh Sen, and Sirin Kale.

Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes

Breastfeeding On TV Peaked in 1976 and Went Downhill from There

by Krista Stevens January 26, 2018October 19, 2022

Where was breastfeeding first depicted on TV? If you guessed Buffy Saint-Marie on Sesame Street, you’d be right.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Catherine Cusick July 14, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lawrence Wright, April Wolfe, Mayukh Sen, Dan Jackson, and Ben Kuchera.

Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quotes

Celebrating New York City’s Early Soul Food Celebrity Chef, Princess Pamela

by Aaron Gilbreath February 20, 2017October 19, 2022

At Food52, Mayukh Sen recounts the glory years of Manhattan’s best DIY soul food restaurant, Little Kitchen, and tries to understand the final years of its beloved proprietor, who left without a trace.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The Many Meanings of Fruitcake

by Aaron Gilbreath January 16, 2017October 19, 2022

In Food52, Mayukh Sen explores the ways fruitcake became a homophobic slur, queerness, and his own personal attachment to the namesake food.

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