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Surveying "sushi row" and its spectacular seafood
Raw fish reaches its apex on a stretch of Ventura Blvd. that's home to the highest concentration of sushi restaurants in the US.
Brant Cox of The Infatuation surveys the sushi restaurants of Ventura…
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Instant ramen gets a gourmet upgrade
Pull out that package of ramen and get ready to dress it up!
Instant ramen is most frequently associated with tired clichés about quick dorm room eats but Peter J. Kim wants us to rethink the dried …Published on 1 week ago
Taking stock of food culture with Ruby Tandoh
Exploring African flavors, Japanese fermentation, and a Paris farmers market.
Ruby Tandoh traces how our culinary tastes have transformed in our 24/7 food obsession. Yasmin Khan manages stew recipes…Published on 2 weeks ago
Spooky Halloween recipes from Elvira and your local cemetery
Hosting a Halloween party, veganizing Korean cuisine at home, and the horrors of labor throughout the food system:
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark AKA Cassandra Peterson IRL dons her towering black bee…Published on 3 weeks ago
A Diwali recipe to celebrate the Hindu festival of lights
Celebrating Diwali, Thai roots meet Nashville soul, a soju party, yaupon as a potential coffee alternative, and green satsumas:
Khushbu Shah shares how she celebrated Diwali, the Hindu festival of l…Published on 4 weeks ago
Samin Nosrat Makes Good Things Better
Samin Nosrat discovers "Good Things"; a bar devoted to women's sports; winter squash at the farmers market.
Samin Nosrat chats about the pressure she felt following the success of Salt, Fat, Acid, H…Published on 1 month ago
Fixing our broken food system and the glory of tacos
How do you fix a food system that isn't simply broken but has been captured, top to bottom, in the name of profit?
Our food system isn't simply broken, it has been captured, top to bottom, in the na…Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Chef Jeremy Fox moves from vegetables to meat
Passionfruit, overlapping food crises, and what federal spending cuts mean for local food banks
Seven years after chef Jeremy Fox released On Vegetables, he offers a cookbook with a different focus,…Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The fight to raise minimum wage for tipped workers
The real story behind "no tax on tips" and the best vegan cheese
Eyal Press reports on the fight to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers Animal and food activist Miyoko Schinner prides herself …Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Going garden-to-table
Going garden-to-table and how immigration raids are impacting LA's restaurant workers
Canning evangelist Kevin West puts his home garden to work in the kitchen Journalist Andrew Lopez reports on how…Published on 2 months ago