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L.A. Cooks Itself: On Aleksandra Crapanzano’s “EAT. COOK. L.A.” and Elisa Callow’s “The Urban Forager”
India Mandelkern on the stories L.A. cookbooks tell in Aleksandra Crapanzano’s "EAT. COOK. L.A." and Elisa Callow’s "The Urban Forager."
Food & Drink
"We all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top." — Hunter S. Thompson
Menu Matters: On Alison Pearlman’s “May We Suggest”
India Mandelkern samples “May We Suggest: Restaurant Menus and the Art of Persuasion” by Alison Pearlman.
Talking About Food as Cultural Resistance with Monserrat Jarquín
How the drinking of pulque resists the rhythms of industrial capitalism.
On Reading Jonathan Gold
Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft remembers Jonathan Gold, who helped him fall in love with Los Angeles.
Pouring One Out for Anthony Bourdain
Olivia Durif on Anthony Bourdain, eating with strangers, and the risks of intimacy.
A Kitchen Window Peepshow: Eating Wildly and Traveling Widely with Lesley Blanch
Caroline Eden relishes the food writing of Lesley Blanch, author of the recently republished “Journey into the Mind’s Eye.”
The Hat: Remembering Jonathan Gold
Michael Jaime-Becerra offers his thanks to legendary food writer Jonathan Gold.
Justice Among the Jell-O Recipes: The Feminist History of Food Journalism
Suzanne Cope rescues the true history of food journalism from erasure.
Rounding Up the Risks of Big Ag
Elena Conis considers “Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science” by Carey Gillam.
Nobody Is Safe: Disordered Eating in the Age of Foodies
On "Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen," Hannah Howard’s book about coming of age in the New York food scene with an eating disorder.
The Promise of Kibbeh: On Amir Nizar Zuabi’s “Oh My Sweet Land”
Shoshana Olidort finds sustenance in Amir Nizar Zuabi’s solo show “Oh My Sweet Land.”
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.
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