One of my summer projects is writing a big food literature review essay for a major journal. So I’m reading a lot and there will probably be a series of food posts over the next few months. Ther
I find is absolutely astounding that for the utterly insane number of chickens this country raises for meat, to the point that the conditions for them are an utter atrocity, we now eat so much chicken
On April 20, 1946, the International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America (IFAWA) Local 46, a communist led union of largely Native Alaskans, walked off the job to demand wage increases, shorter wo
Not everything around here has to be a super bummer. So how about a story about the resurrection of nearly lost variations of collards? Regardless of when or how they arrived stateside, collard greens
What the hell is actually in a Subway sandwich, which really doesn’t deserve the name? Subway describes its tuna sandwich as “freshly baked bread” layered with “flaked tuna blended with cr
This is the grave of Fannie Farmer. Born in 1857 in Boston, Farmer grew up in a middle-class family that valued education. Despite having four daughters, meaning at that time it would have been easy t
Look, if you just prepare the turkey THIS ONE WAY that only takes 38 hours, you can have a meal that is about 50% as good as throwing some chicken in the oven for 45 minutes. [Literally every article
It’s been a stressful year. And the last week has been no less stressful. COVID makes going out to eat not a great idea. Like many of you, I have gone all-in on cooking in the last eight months