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Gourmet

Best Article Food

Consider the Lobster

A trip to a lobster festival leads to an examination of the culinary and ethical dimensions of cooking a live, possibly sentient, creature.

David Foster Wallace Gourmet Aug 2004 30min Permalink

Arts Food

The Guiltless Pleasure

An ode to mayonnaise.

Rick Bragg Gourmet Nov 2010 10min Permalink

Arts Food

Pepper Pilgrimage

A gardener in Newark, NJ tries to grow the world’s best peppers.

Calvin Trillin Gourmet Jan 2005 10min Permalink

Best Article Arts Food

Pocketful of Dough

If you walk into New York’s best restaurants without a reservation, what does it take to get a table?

Bruce Feiler Gourmet Oct 2000 10min Permalink