Contents

Introduction

THE WAY WE EAT NOW

Brooklyn Is Everywhere, From Bon Appétit

By John Birdsall

On Chicken Tenders, From Guernica

By Helen Rosner

In Praise of Ugly Food, From SeriousEats.com

By Kat Kinsman

How to Dupe a Moderately Ok Food Critic, From East Bay Express

By Luke Tsai

Three-Ring Meal: The Grasping Novelty of Modern Dining, From Eighteen Bridges

By Jennifer Cockrall-King

Sorry, Blue Apron, the Joys of Cooking Can’t Fit in a Box, From The New Republic

By Corby Kummer

Quitting Season, From Edible Baja Arizona

By Debbie Weingarten

DOWN THE HATCH

The True Story of Good Coffee, From TheAwl.com

By Matt Buchanan

Getting Drunk on Tea Infusions with Montreal’s Underground Connoisseurs, From Vice Magazine

By Rowan Jacobsen

The Great Bourbon Taste Test, From Garden & Gun

By Wells Tower

The Case for Bad Coffee, From SeriousEats.com

By Keith Pandolfi

Blending In, From Food & Wine

By Steve Hoffman

COOKING THE BOOKS

The Servant Problem, From The Jemima Code

By Toni Tipton-Martin

Chained to the Stove: What It’s Really Like to Write a Cookbook, From SeriousEats.com

By Jessica Battilana

The Epiphany That Turned Me into a Good Baker, From the Washington Post

By Kathy Gunst

Zahav vs. The Food Lab, From Food52.com

By Phyllis Grant

What It’s Like to Cook With Dominque Crenn, From Food & Wine

By Daniel Duane

Pile of Goop, From the Charlotte Observer

By Kathleen Purvis

THE FAMILY TABLE

Moving Kitchen, From CrumbsontheTable.co.uk

By Laura Donohue

The Meaning of Mangoes, From Lucky Peach

By Dianne Jacob

The Millionaire’s Turkey: A Father-Daughter Story, From SeriousEats.com

By Betsy Andrews

Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, From Gravy

By Besha Rodell

Mom’s Meatballs, From the Miami Herald

By Victoria Pesce Elliott

Kummerspecks, From FoodForTheThoughtless.com

By Michael Procopio

FOODWAYS

Butchering London, From Roads & Kingdoms

By Chris Newens

Charred and Feathered, From Audubon

By Brian Kevin