American Hippopotamus
A hundred years ago, in the midst of an American food crisis, two spies who had once sworn to kill each other came together with a plan to feed America: hippo meat.
Food
A Cocktail Party In The Street
An interview with Alan Stillman, who in 1965 founded T.G.I. Friday’s, the first singles bar in America.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "My Mother, An Ouroboros"
A mother and son navigate hope and setbacks.
How the Sausage Is Made
The search for the perfect hot dog—by way of haute cuisine.
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.
Bourdain Confidential
“By asking very simple questions, people have said the most astonishing things to me.”
Christ in the Garden of Endless Breadsticks
On the enduring appeal of Olive Garden.
The Zankou Chicken Murders
The creator of the California-based food chain kills his mother, sister and, finally, himself.
From Hollywood to Anaheim, he had opened a chain of fast-food rotisserie chicken restaurants that dazzled the food critics and turned customers into a cult. Poets wrote about his Zankou chicken. Musicians sang about his Zankou chicken. Now that he was dying, his dream of building an empire, 100 Zankous across the land, a Zankou in every major city, would be his four sons’ to pursue. In the days before, he had pulled them aside one by one -- Dikran, Steve, Ara, Vartkes -- and told them he had no regrets. He was 56 years old, that was true, but life had not cheated him. He did not tell them he had just one more piece of business left to do.
Spies, Dossiers, and the Insane Lengths Restaurants Go to Track and Influence Food Critics
Eat, Memory
“The last time I ate real food, actually chewed and swallowed, was six years ago.”
The Guiltless Pleasure
An ode to mayonnaise.
Best Article Arts History Food
The Real American Pie
Mince pie was once more American than the apple variety. It was also blamed for “bad health, murderous dreams, the downfall of Prohibition, and the decline of the white race,” among other things. Then it disappeared.
Death of a Giant
Stalking bluefin tuna, the most valuable wild animal in the world.
Our Fancy Foods, Ourselves
Three days at the world’s greatest assemblage of exotic, expensive, absurd, and occasionally delicious snacks.
Why Did the Obamas Fail to Take on Corporate Agriculture?
Activists hoped President Obama would fight for stronger regulation. Eight years later, they’re still waiting.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Whale"
A whale permeates a series of culture clashes.
The Definitive Oral History of the Lobster Roll
Murky origins. Feuding chefs. How the lobster roll went national.
If You Knew Sushi
A stroll through Tokyo’s Tsukiji, the world’s largest seafood market, and the mecca of the global sushi trade.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "What Will Make It Last"
Unspoken issues grip a couple's dinner along the Mississippi River.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Returning"
A woman's dead father appears at a farmer's market.
Who's to Judge?
The ridiculousness of trying to rank the best restaurants in the world.
Danny Meyer Is Eliminating All Tipping at His Restaurants
Explaining a radical shift in the way some of New York’s best restaurants do business.
John Mackey: The Conscious Capitalist
A profile of the Whole Foods CEO, who, despite a rash of problems with his company, firmly believes he’s seen the future of American business.
I'm Sammy Hagar, and I Learned to Cook Before I Learned to Rock
The former Van Halen front man has actually made more money from booze and food than from music.
Fast Food
Life as a halal butcher in New York.
