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Gabby Jones / Redux Outdoor Dining Is Doomed
“Streeteries” are sitting empty this winter.
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The Atlantic; Martin Parr / Magnum 19 Reader Views on Lab-Grown Meat
“Given the choice between cruelty and kindness, I believe most humans will choose kindness.”
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Alfredo Caliz / Panos Pictures / Redux How Noma Made Fine Dining Far Worse
The food world glorified a Copenhagen restaurant built on uncompensated labor.
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Getty; The Atlantic May the Best Stove Win
Joe Biden isn’t banning gas stoves. They might be doomed anyway.
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Getty; The Atlantic You Don’t Know How Bad the Pizza Box Is
The delivery icon hasn’t changed in 60 years, and it’s making your food worse.
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Regis Duvignau / Reuters / Redux The Gas-Stove Debate Exemplifies the Silliest Tendencies of American Politics
A big nothing can morph into a huge controversy for no good reason at all.
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Martin Parr / Magnum The Coming Meat Utopia Is Real
Plus: A low point for the Catholic Church
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic Tipping Is Weird Now
Technology and the pandemic have transformed the meaning of gratuity.
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Ricardo Dearatanha / The Los Angeles Times / … No One Can Decide If Grapefruit Is Dangerous
The citrus can raise the level of dozens of drugs in the body—sometimes to a worrying degree, sometimes very much not.
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Marie Suchodolski / Hans Lucas / Redux What’s Wrong With Following a Recipe?
On recipes, spontaneity, and time: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Giona Bridler / Gallery Stock Expiration Dates Are Meaningless
Do I dare to eat an old peach yogurt? Yes, yes I do.
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Elliot Erwitt / Magnum Ode to the French Baguette
Intangible in cultural heritage, tangible in my mouth
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Alex Welsh / The New York Times / … What Kind of Man Was Anthony Bourdain?
He was so damaged, and yet he showed us so much of the world.
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Alamy; The Atlantic Is Food Getting Better?
The Thanksgivings of yore featured overcooked turkeys and Jell-O salad. Surely we’ve evolved.
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Jan Buchczik Does Overindulgence Make You Happy?
Why we binge as a way of celebrating.
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The Atlantic Thanksgiving’s Most Underrated Food
All hail the sweet potato.
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Kelsey McClellan What You Learn From Eating Alone
A personal pizza may seem sad, but it doesn’t have to be.
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Harold M. Lambert / Getty Why We Eat Together
Human food rituals are unique to our species.
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Francesca Volpi / Bloomberg / Getty The Sad Pragmatism of Inflation-Era Cuisine
Plus: Did the 1960s environmental movement worsen today’s climate crisis?
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Dasril Roszandi / Getty; Namas Bhojani / Getty The Quest to Make the Best Worst Cup of Coffee
Robusta is more sustainable than arabica, but it suffers from a noxious reputation. Can experimental roasters make an unloved bean into the “smoky scotch” of coffees?
