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January 29, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Prediction: the next diet fad will be fecal transplants from skinny people.
January 26, 2016
Cynthia Graber, Nicola Twilley
The Calorie Is Broken
It’s a simple formula for weight loss: burn more calories than you consume. How come that often doesn't work?
January 25, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig & Alex Shephard
Five alternatives to “Bernie’s Yearning,” the new Bernie Sanders-themed ice cream.
January 20, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt has gone too far.
January 12, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Per Se is an overrated, ludicrously expensive hot mess.
January 7, 2016
Esther Breger
Maybe it’s time to rethink that Paleo diet, bro.
January 1, 2016
Raj Patel
What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change
After the Cold War, Cuba faced many of the agricultural challenges that the rest of the world is now anticipating.
December 29, 2015
Sasha Belenky
The New York Times’s restaurant critic loves Señor Frog’s.
December 29, 2015
Stephanie Heimann
My Adventures in Soviet Cuisine
Getting hold of food during the Soviet era required patience, ingenuity, and luck.
December 28, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Astronaut Scott Kelly’s tiny space vegetable garden is looking pretty sad.
December 23, 2015
Aaron R. Hanlon
Oberlin’s Food Isn’t “Cultural Appropriation.” That Doesn’t Mean the Students Are Wrong.
December 22, 2015
Gabriel Snyder
New Republic: Best of 2015
December 18, 2015
Laura Marsh
Cordon Bleu schools will no longer teach Americans to master the art of French cooking.
December 18, 2015
Michelle Legro
The Mast Brothers have been outed as truly mediocre chocolatiers.
December 7, 2015
Sasha Belenky
The inventor of the Cronut also created one of 2015’s worst dishes.
December 7, 2015
Corby Kummer
Fine Dining’s Exploitative Tipping System Is Dying
December 7, 2015
Jeet Heer
Erick Erickson has a peculiar understanding of World War II.
December 7, 2015
Laura Marsh
Here’s why the White House needs 500 pounds of cookie dough.
December 5, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Is this the best bowl of ramen in Tokyo?
November 25, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Thanksgiving Food Is Bad
An interview with author Matthew Gavin Frank on the drawbacks of everyone's favorite food-centered holiday.

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