A Recipe for Coping in Trump’s America
Two books on the Trump era offer a mixed blessing. Yes, he’s out of control. But the kitchen may be your best place of refuge....
Coffee as Existential Statement: A Crisis in Every Cup on Valencia Street
Theodore Gioia provides a culinary and cultural tour of the coffee shops on San Francisco’s Valencia Street....
Lunch and Other Distractions: On Susan Bright’s Pictorial History of Food Photography
Geoff Nicholson savors Susan Bright's "Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography."...
The Anatomy of Finickiness: On Alexander Theroux’s “Einstein’s Beets: An Examination of Food Phobias”
Who knew Mussolini didn't like mashed potatoes? Geoff Nicholson enjoys Alexander Theroux's latest....
Stay Hungry
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans digs into Amy Thielen's "Give a Girl a Knife."...
From Chop Suey to Haute Cuisine: A Case Study in American “Ethnic Food”
Oliver Wang digests books on the complicated history of Chinese-American cuisine and the problematic label of “ethnic food.”...
The Heat and the Hustle: Leonardo Lucarelli
Leonardo Lucarelli offers a few choice scenes to savor in "Mincemeat," but is the whole meal worth it?...
Château Neuro
Neuroenology is the new science of wine....
Give Us Today
David Haeselin on the joys of artisanal bread....
Pig, Pig, Pig: Eating Spain with Matt Goulding
Matt Goulding fell in love with Spain, Spanish food, and his Spanish wife, in that order....
How To Win Dinner and Alienate People
Andrew Lipstein takes a fork to “Table Manners” by Jeremiah Tower....
Dark Fruit: A Cultural and Personal History of the Plum
Anca L. Szilágyi finds more in the history of the plum than meets the tongue....
