The Asphalt Makes It Better. There's something that happens to food when you eat it outside, standing next to a car, with no table in sight. It gets better. Not marginally better. Significantly, almost embarrassingly…
Viktoria Slowikowska on PexelsGarlic has been used as medicine for most of recorded human history. Ancient Egyptian papyri from around 1550 BCE list it as a treatment for everything from headaches to tumors. Greek physician…
Nostalgia Hits Different When the Grease Splatter Is Involved. There's a specific kind of food memory that lives somewhere between craving and relief, the dish your mom or grandma made on a Tuesday with no…
Katya Wolf on PexelsThere is a version of environmentalism that costs nothing, and there is a version that costs $45 at a lifestyle store in a neighborhood with a juice bar. Reusable water bottles live…
They Were on Every Table, Then Gone. Some foods don't get discontinued. They just slowly stop showing up. No announcement, no farewell tour. One day you realize you haven't seen them in years and can't…
Looks Aren't Everything. Nobody is going to accuse a plate of chicken and waffles of being elegant. A bowl of chili cheese fries does not photograph like fine dining. And if you've ever pulled a…
The Table Lies, and You Know It. There is a particular kind of hope that lives at the potluck table. You scan the spread, and something catches your eye: a glossy tart, a towering layered…
Gustavo Fring on PexelsWalk into a Whole Foods and you are meant to feel something. The lighting is warm, the signage is handwritten in chalk, and the produce is arranged like it belongs in a…
Nobody's Going Back for Seconds. There is a specific kind of social performance that happens at potlucks, and most of us have been complicit in it. Someone carries in a dish that took obvious effort…
