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The Trap of Nutritional Efficiency
How optimization logic reshaped food, labor, and life itself.
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“The Best” Means Nothing Now
How algorithms, SEO, and infinite rankings flattened taste.
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The College Meal Plan Scam
Universities treat campus dining like a cash cow.
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The Natural Food Movement's MAHA Makeover
The political right used to mock “health food.” Then they co-opted it.
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We're All Too Busy to Chew
Life is liquid now.
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The 10 Soup Commandments
You don't need stock or broth, actually.
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The Steakhouse Is Our Wildest Delusion
Nostalgia lets Americans keep eating beef without reckoning.
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Have We Oversimplified Soy Sauce?
America’s relationship with the universal condiment remains thin.
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Food Writers Are Fleeing Substack
Why Alison Roman, Alicia Kennedy, Nic Miller, and other food writers left the platform.
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Postpartum Meal Prep Is Now a Competitive Sport
How a new generation of expectant parents are filling their freezers.
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What’s the Point of a $20 Smoothie?
It’s not about nutrition.
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Who is Indian Fine Dining For, Really?
Food studies professor Krishnendu Ray explores the rise and limits of haute Indian cuisine.