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Since I moved to New York a few months in the past, I’ve been paying extra consideration than typical to individuals having fun with meals in public. The density of this metropolis one way or the other places the pleasures of consuming proper in entrance of you: the scent of a scorching canine eaten standing up outdoors the native restaurant–slash–lunch counter, the crunch of movie-theater popcorn, the neighborhood bodega filled with New Yorkers craving a bacon-egg-and-cheese at 2. a.m. on a Saturday.
It’s a cliché to say that meals is about far more than simply meals—it’s about connection, deliciousness, household—however our busy lives make it straightforward to overlook that. Take at this time’s studying record as your reminder to actually style the greens in your on-the-go salad, to smile on the individual throughout the road additionally sipping an iced espresso, to absorb what’s in entrance of you, not simply swallow it down.
How We Eat
What Residence Cooking Does That Eating places Can’t
By Reem Kassis
After we eat, the social context issues maybe much more than the meals.
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What You Study From Consuming Alone
By Mari Andrew
A private pizza could appear unhappy, but it surely doesn’t should be.
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One thing Bizarre Is Occurring With Caesar Salads
By Ellen Cushing
With cooks tossing in pig ear, tequila, and different wacky components, when does a basic dish develop into one thing apart from itself?
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Nonetheless Curious?
- The hotdish ticket: “In foregrounding meals, Harris and Walz are making theirs the candidacy of terrestrial pleasure and easy abundance,” Ellen Cushing wrote earlier this month.
- The individuals who eat the identical meal daily: In 2019, Joe Pisnker profiled half a dozen individuals who choose consistency of their each day meals, together with one man who introduced the identical lunch to work for about 25 years.
Different Diversions
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