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Food

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.”...
Caroline EdenAug 4, 2018
- Food
- Translation
The Hat: Remembering Jonathan Gold
Michael Jaime-Becerra offers his thanks to legendary food writer Jonathan Gold....
Michael Jaime-BecerraJul 30, 2018
- Food
- Nonfiction
Justice Among the Jell-O Recipes: The Feminist History of Food Journalism
Suzanne Cope rescues the true history of food journalism from erasure....
Suzanne CopeJul 9, 2018
- Food
- Memoir
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....
Elena ConisMay 6, 2018
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....
Susan PaganiApr 26, 2018
- Food
- Memoir
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.”...
Shoshana OlidortApr 19, 2018
- Food
- Translation
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....
Randle BrowningDec 10, 2017
- Food
- Politics and Economics
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....
Theodore GioiaOct 23, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Food
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."...
Geoff NicholsonJun 30, 2017
- Art
- Food
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....
Geoff NicholsonMay 22, 2017
- Food
- History
Stay Hungry
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans digs into Amy Thielen's "Give a Girl a Knife."...
Kathryn O’Shea-EvansMay 20, 2017
- Food
- Memoir
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.”...
Oliver WangMar 20, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- 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?...
Giancarlo BuonomoFeb 9, 2017
- Food
- Memoir
Château Neuro
Neuroenology is the new science of wine....
Steven ShapinDec 30, 2016
- Food
- Science & Technology
Give Us Today
David Haeselin on the joys of artisanal bread....
David HaeselinDec 29, 2016
- Food
Pig, Pig, Pig: Eating Spain with Matt Goulding
Matt Goulding fell in love with Spain, Spanish food, and his Spanish wife, in that order....
Samantha Reid AviñaDec 8, 2016
- Food
- History
How To Win Dinner and Alienate People
Andrew Lipstein takes a fork to “Table Manners” by Jeremiah Tower....
Andrew LipsteinDec 3, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Food
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....
Anca L. SzilágyiOct 6, 2016
Apertures and Aperitifs: On “The Photographer’s Cookbook”
The greatest food photography ever....
Geoff NicholsonJul 5, 2016
- Art
- Food
How Should a Farm Be?
Farmer Joel Salatin brings us the word....
Wyatt WilliamsJun 16, 2016
- Food
- Religion
Keeping the Wolf At Bay: The Hunger for a Better Food System
Kate Christensen attempts to follow in the tradition of M. F. K. Fisher’s classic “How to Cook a Wolf” for her “culinary memoir.”...
Simran SethiJun 15, 2016
- Food
Eating the Canon
Christina Hardyment compiles a compendium of literary meals in "Pleasures of the Table: A Literary Anthology."...
Rachel PastanApr 18, 2016
- Food
To Save Something, We Have to Eat It
Simran Sethi blames our narrow diet on the increasing loss of our agricultural biodiversity....
Larissa ZimberoffApr 16, 2016
- Food
Sausage Subversion
PEOPLE WHO LOVE SAUSAGE and respect the law should never watch either one being made.” I thought that was a quotation from Mark Twain, and it’s possible he did say it at some time, but if so, he was quoting ...
Geoff NicholsonApr 5, 2016
- Food