Features & Trends & Essays
How Sacramento Became a Great Restaurant City, for The New York Times
The P.S.L. Thrived By Refusing to Be Cool, for The New York Times
A Deep-Fried Pho Sparks Scandal at the State Fair of Texas, for The New York Times
I Love You, But I Hate Your Cooking, for The New York Times
Opening Night at Liz Johnson’s Frog Club, for The New York Times (bonus food review here)
Cocktails Are Sandwiches Now, Deal With It, for New York Magazine
I Sodi’s Last Night, for New York Magazine
Life Is Easier With a Fake Assistant, for The Cut
The New Food Haul, for The Baffler
New York Has Reached Peak Pork, for T Magazine
Sicily In Its Post–White Lotus Era, for Prior World
The City’s Best Sandwich Is Back, for New York Magazine
Restaurants Do Darkroom-Core, for The New York Times
Another Smith Street Revival, for New York Magazine
TikTok’s Pink Sauce is a Thick, Gooey Mystery, for Bon Appétit
The New Price to Be a Regular? An NFT, for Saveur
The Bizarre Allure of Sexy Cakes, for New York Magazine
Open Sundays, At Harkawik, for Saveur
Hidden Vegetables Make Your Boxed Mac… Salad?, for The Los Angeles Times
Facial Fitness: Big Wellness' Next Frontier, for Man Repeller
I Tried and Failed to Sleep in a Six-Ton Potato, for Food52
Snacks Have Lost Their Goddamn Minds, for Food52
Nic Cage’s Favorite Pasta Shape Broke My Brain, for Food52
Profiles
Norman Jean Roy, for Saveur
Natasha Pickowicz, for New York Magazine
Joanne Lee Molinaro (The Korean Vegan), for Food & Wine
Omari McQueen, for New York Magazine
Q&A: He Has 11 Million Followers; Now He’s Throwing Ice Cream In The Air, for New York Magazine
A Rare Snacks Empire, for Man Repeller
News
Village Cigars Is Closing, for New York Magazine
Dave Arnold Is Making Drinks Again, for New York Magazine
Contra Is Closing, for New York Magazine
Froggy’s, from the Horses Team, Is Still On, for New York Magazine
I Sodi Is On The Move, for New York Magazine
Anti-Vaxxers Storm Dame, for New York Magazine
The Pandemic Ushers In Mannequin Diners, for Saveur
Left Behind at the Grocery Store, for Food52
The Startling Disappearance of Round Boys, for Man Repeller
Humor
Trending Cosmetic Procedures, for The New Yorker
Places You’ve Left Your Water Bottle and Whether Or Not You Can Get It Back, for The New Yorker
Lesser-Known Nobility and Their Claims To Fame, for The New Yorker
Smart New Ways to Cut a Cake, for The New Yorker
Two Truths and a Pie, for The New Yorker
Ways to Instantly End Conversations with Other Dog Owners, for The New Yorker
Rejected Girl Scout Cookies, for The New Yorker
Hangover Cures For New Year's Day, for The New Yorker
Twelve Surprising Ways to Use Cauliflower, for The New Yorker
Obscure Pasta Shapes for True Gourmands, for The New Yorker