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Beyond Grit : Small Restaurants in Queens Are Desperate
Words and Photos by Claudia Sánchez COVID-19 is sparring with the world and the virus is winning. Working class immigrant communities...
Claudia Sanchez
11 min read

Xenophobia in the Time of COVID-19
Racism Targets Asians and Asian Businesses Words by Sun Young Park In the spring of 2020, the world was struck by a global COVID-19...
Sun Young Park
7 min read


Tea and Snacks: Hospitality in Northern Nigeria
Words by Zuhra F. Abdullahi When one thinks of tea-drinking countries, places like China, India, and even Japan and Russia might come to...
Zuhra F. Abdullahi
11 min read


The Undersung Femininity of Bread
Words and Photos (and bread) by Stefanie Goldberg There’s something about bread. Admittedly, that sounds a bit like the would-be title of...
Stefanie Goldberg
8 min read


There’s More to Águilas than Carnaval
For most of the year, southern Spain’s Mediterranean seaport town of Águilas is an underrated travel destination. Thank heavens. Words...
Jose M. Ripol
4 min read


A Roast Chicken With an Engagement Ring?
How Roast Chicken Sits Perfectly Between Masculine and Feminine. Words by Katie Jablonski Not much is more enticing than a roast chicken...
Katie Jablonski
6 min read

Pandemic Pop-Ups
Pop-ups are shaking up the New York City service industry. Words by Kendall Cohen It wasn’t until October 2020 that Jessica and Trina...
Kendall Cohen
7 min read


A National Taste
A reflection on flavor shaped by history, memory, and song. Words by Vera Rios La sangre del pueblo (The blood of the people Tiene...
Vera Rios
6 min read


Opinion: “Eat Fish, Not Too Much, Mostly Small”
Finding the darker truth behind large-scale commercial fishing. Words by Emily Cohen and Illustration by Mikaela Perry I was raised in a...
Emily Cohen
4 min read


Fried Chicken Heartbreak
A quest to cook the chicken worth falling in love over. Words by Nico Madrigal-Yankowski It was the summer of 2014, in San Francisco, and...
Nico Madrigal-Yankowski
5 min read


Cravings During Covid
A New Jersey Thai restaurant provides a small return to pre-pandemic life. Words by Alex Foster It’s been months since I’ve been in New...
Alex Foster
3 min read

Have it Your Way: A Barthesian Analysis of Eroticism in Burger King’s Subservient Chicken Campaign
Words by Shelby Hipol It’s 2004. Twitter doesn’t exist. Facebook’s only for college students. You’re a 26-year-old guy checking your...
Shelby Hipol
7 min read


A Taste of Remembrance: Keeping Memories Alive Through Food
By Jose M. Ripol Memories are particles of the past. They represent lived moments we have lost on our journey to the present. However,...
Jose M. Ripol
7 min read


Eggs, Beans and Greens, Oh My!
By Jenna Rice Canned beans and eggs can transform into the ultimate comfort food with a squeeze of lemon and a few greens tossed in. I...
Jenna Rice
3 min read


WeChat & Dumplings: Bridging a Digital Diaspora During Covid
By Xiaoya Yuan When the pandemic shut down New York City, WeChat stepped in to connect struggling restaurants with customers stuck at...
Xiaoya Yuan
7 min read


Normative Discontent and Performances of Pleasure: Faking Orgasms and Curated Eating
By Tess Nissen Female pleasure both sexual and gastronomic have been systematically and pervasively controlled. Female masturbation is no...
Tess Nissen
9 min read


From Queso to Kale Caesar: How COVID-19 Entered My Kitchen
By Daisy Zeijlon The ferocity of COVID-19’s descent on New York City in mid-March last year put an abrupt end to the spontaneity with...
Daisy Zeijlon
4 min read


Meat Without the Animal? The Growing Field of Cellular Agriculture
By Colleen Alexander Cell-based meat is one solution for eating meat without the environmental impact, but what does a cell-based...
Colleen Alexander
7 min read


Regenerating Appalachia
Regenerative agriculture represents a unique opportunity to address modern Appalachia’s poverty.
Charlotte Cruze
12 min read
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