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Inviting Writing: A Mad Dash from the Dorm Kitchen
I never realized how much patience and stealth it took to cook this tasty treat until I had to carry it down a long, “The Shining”-esque hallway
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Meal planning has become like triage; we eat whatever is most urgently ripe
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Some playthings veer off into sheer ridiculousness when it comes to interacting with what’s on a plate
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Castaway Cuisine, Fictional and Real
How would you survive if stranded on a desert island with only your wits and the resources at hand?
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Summer and rhubarb go hand in hand. So do strawberries and rhubarb—in pie. But what else can you cook up with the vegetable?
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Inviting Writing: What’s Your Relationship to Your Kitchen?
Tell us a true, original story. Is your kitchen your laboratory, your sanctuary, your prison, your playroom?
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There are endless variations on frijoles, and each family has its own distinctive recipe
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Weasel Coffee: You’re Going to Drink What?
I was looking forward to another great-tasting coffee experience—until I found out that “cut chon” is Vietnamese for “civet cat dung”
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First identified by neuroscientists in the 1990s, the disorder is marked by “a preoccupation with food and a preference for fine eating”
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The Food that Fueled the American Revolution
A steady supply of preserved meats and flavorless flour cakes played a vital role in American patriots defeating the British during the American Revolution
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Inviting Writing: Sick of Chocolate?
Bayonne, the capital of France’s Basque country, is known for its ham, Espelette peppers and chocolate
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What the Heck Do I Do With Galangal?
Galangal is a rhizome in the same family as ginger, which it resembles in appearance and, to some degree, flavor
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Pairing beer with savory foods is what most of us traditionally do. But who’s to say you can’t find beers fit for a dessert course?
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Entomophagy—the fancy Latin term for eating insects—is beginning to catch on in the Western Hemisphere
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Inviting Writing: Restaurant and Kitchen Surprises
I was horrified to see the world’s creepiest menagerie of alien-looking sea creatures wandering through my walk-in
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Salisbury Steak: Civil War Health Food
After 30 years of research Dr. Salisbury finally published his ideas, setting off one of the earliest American fad diets
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The Cheese That Squeaks Like a Mouse
Lumps of fresh cheddar that haven’t been pressed and aged are a popular treat; they sound like a tiny window-washer is squeegeeing your teeth
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Inviting Writing: The Restaurant Real World
I should have known there was something odd about Bob from the start
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Tastes Like Disco: A Meal from 1978
For my husband’s birthday, I prepared a dinner of recipes from the year he was born. I immediately noticed a few differences from the way we eat today
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The File Inside the Cake: True Tales of Prison Escapes
Jailbirds really have tried to fly the coop by way of contraband—files, handsaws and even guns—hidden inside baked goods
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