Restaurant Love Letters: A Window With a View
Associate Editor Gia Hughes reflects on the importance of a neighborhood café regardless of city or stage of life.
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I Love You… to Death
Researcher Lenore Newman shares experience and insights from the writing of her new book, Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food.
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Classic Italian Risotto
A classic Italian recipe for risotto from contributor Elena Valeriote, simple and versatile, and adaptable for any kitchen.
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Organizing for Survival: The Independent Restaurant Coalition
Independent Restaurant Coalition co-founders Kwame Onwuachi and Naomi Pomeroy describe efforts for government aid.
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New York City, New YorkSmallhold Encourages Grow-Your-Own Mushrooms
Smallhold—New York City’s first and only organic mushroom farm—is adapting to customer needs during Covid-19 with grow-your-own kits.
Smallhold Encourages Grow-Your-Own Mushrooms
Smallhold—New York City’s first and only organic mushroom farm—is adapting to customer needs during Covid-19 with grow-your-own kits.
Introducing
A crowdsourced and global directory of farmers, producers, restaurants and purveyors selling the products we all need for cooking at home.
The Upside of Extinction
Throughout history, humans have consumed some foods to extinction. Foragers like Pascal Baudar suggest we can harness that impulse for environmental good.
All Time for End Times
Los Angeles restaurant All Time adapts its daily operations to feed their community in a post-COVID-19 world.
Webinar: The State and Future of Global Foodways
An international panel discussion hosted by Life & Thyme on how Italy, Colombia and the United States are protecting their local foodways during Covid-19.
Featured Recipes
For the Home Cook
Masala Potato Pancake
A spin on potato pancakes that incorporates traditional Indian spices for a creamy, satisfying dish.
Classic Italian Risotto
A classic Italian recipe for risotto from contributor Elena Valeriote, simple and versatile, and adaptable for any kitchen.
Blueberry Cornmeal Tea Cake
Blueberry Cornmeal Tea Cakes can easily be customized based on what a home cook has on hand, and they’re an ideal breakfast staple.
Matcha Swirl Cookies
A recipe for colorful, crispy matcha swirl cookies that can be made without making a fuss.
Roasted Carrot Soup with Spiced Hazelnuts
This recipe takes a little inspiration from an egyptian spice blend called Dukkah. In this recipe, we roast carrots with some cumin and coriander seeds until caramelized and then blend into a soup.
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Featured Contributors
Meher Mirza
In Mid-century Bombay, Aunty Bars Answer a Call for Alcohol
In mid-century Bombay, a group of women found a way around India’s own prohibition with a string of speakeasies.
Stef Ferrari
Organizing for Survival: The Independent Restaurant Coalition
Independent Restaurant Coalition co-founders Kwame Onwuachi and Naomi Pomeroy describe efforts for government aid.
Samanta Helou Hernandez
Bertha Gonzalez Brings Friends to Celebrate Ten Years of Tequila
In Mexico, Bertha Gonzalez commemorates the tenth anniversary of her tequila brand, Casa Dragones, with some of the country’s most notable culinary women.
Ferron Salniker
The Spirits of Hospitality in Crisis
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the alcohol industry leverages its creativity to care for workers and communities.
Elena Valeriote
Classic Italian Risotto
A classic Italian recipe for risotto from contributor Elena Valeriote, simple and versatile, and adaptable for any kitchen.
Oren Peleg
Coffee in Crisis, Part Two: The Cost of our Morning Cup
Combined with the effects of climate change, a pricing crisis creates an uncertain future for specialty coffee.
