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How did hippie food reach the mainstream?

Gwen Ihnat
4/11/18 8:30pm
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San Francisco Chronicle food writer and restaurant critic Jonathan Kauffman wondered how the popular hippie food he ate…

Andrew Zimmern picks the best- and worst-tasting animals

Kevin Pang
3/23/18 9:14am
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Andrew Zimmern, whose stomach has hosted more animals than Noah’s Ark, has made a career vicariously eating on behalf…

Ice cream makes everything better—even science

Kevin Pang
3/10/18 11:34am
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Many books exist about ice cream that explore methodology and technique—the how of making top-notch ice cream. Rare is…

Somebody Feed Phil is the sweetest, most joyful food show on TV

Kevin Pang
2/23/18 2:31pm
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Nowadays I almost never watch food shows on television. When your entire workday involves thinking and writing about,…

Behind the story of the NBA's serious wine obsession

Kevin Pang
2/15/18 3:20pm
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The Venn diagram circles of professional basketball writers and food writers overlap very little, but within that…

Post-Bake Off, Ruby Tandoh wants you to eat what you want and take care of yourself

Fran Hoepfner
2/05/18 8:33pm
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Ruby Tandoh was a contestant on The Great British Bake Off during its 2013 season, riding to a top three finish with…

What’s the deal with airline food? An in-flight dining critic explains

Alison Fensterstock
12/22/17 9:47am
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Airline food: butt of jokes, favorite subject of ’90s stand-up comedy routines, butt of jokes about ’90s stand-up…

Mashed potato for ice cream: Why food on TV is never as tasty as it looks 

Becca James
11/27/17 6:00am
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Imagine a day job where you’re tasked to create alien whale meat and drizzle Peking duck sauce over prosthetics. That’s…

The ever-growing case for eating insects

Kevin Pang
4/26/17 12:00am
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The tide began to shift ever so gently the moment I noticed cricket flour at my neighborhood grocer. Cricket flour is…

Meet the author who took a long night’s journey into eggs

Kevin Pang
3/23/17 12:00am
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How can the mighty egg be simultaneously associated with such beauty and ugliness?

A pho primer with the world’s leading authority on Vietnamese cooking

Kevin Pang
2/08/17 12:00am
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Andrea Nguyen is the foremost English-speaking voice of Vietnamese gastronomy in the world, and her 2006 book Into The…

Anthony Bourdain cooks for his harshest critic: his daughter

Kevin Pang
10/13/16 12:00am
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Sixteen years have passed since Anthony Bourdain entered our consciousness, his memoir Kitchen Confidential slicing…

Make Pok Pok chef Andy Ricker’s deceptively simple fried egg salad

Kevin Pang
9/29/16 11:46pm
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Pok Pok chef Andy Ricker stopped by Supper Club studios to chat about his adventures in Thai cookery. Watch our…

Bacon critic Scott Gold explains what it’s like having the world’s greatest job

Kevin Pang
9/15/16 1:50pm
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This June, the breakfast site Extra Crispy held a much-publicized writing contest in which the winner would be anointed…

Megan Amram on her classy love for the classless Cheesecake Factory

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11/17/14 12:00am
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The Internet features more than its share of negativity and snark—sometimes you’ve just gotta vent. But there’s plenty…

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