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...
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Sun Young Park
- 7 min
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...
Zuhra F. Abdullahi
- 11 min
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...
Stefanie Goldberg
- 8 min
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...
Jose M. Ripol
- 4 min
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...
Katie Jablonski
- 6 min
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...
Kendall Cohen
- 7 min
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...
Vera Rios
- 6 min
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...
Emily Cohen
- 4 min
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...
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...
Alex Foster
- 3 min
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...
Shelby Hipol
- 7 min
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...
Jose M. Ripol
- 7 min
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,...
Jenna Rice
- 3 min
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...
Xiaoya Yuan
- 7 min
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...
Tess Nissen
- 9 min
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...
Daisy Zeijlon
- 4 min
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...
Colleen Alexander
- 7 min
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...
Charlotte Cruze
- 12 min
Regenerating Appalachia
Regenerative agriculture represents a unique opportunity to address modern Appalachia’s poverty.
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