Are Alternatives Appropriate?
In the ever-expanding U.S. wellness industry, the appropriation practices and ideology can lead to a devaluing of culture and a scarcity of ingredients.
Reflections from the Editors
Editor’s Antonio Diaz and Stef Ferrari reflect on Life & Thyme throughout the past decade.
A Humble Jewel Crowns Holiday Memories
The simple luxury of a clementine signifies both small town and the world beyond its borders.
The Complicated Nature of American Cranberry Farming
The cranberry industry’s complex history, and modern efforts battle to carve out an identity and market beyond the holiday table.
Christmas Postcards from the Southern Hemisphere
In the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas traditions take shape under a variety of cultural influences and ingredient availability, in the hands of creative, worldly chefs who blend history and modernity.
Chai-Town
A shift in environment can trigger new instincts, cravings and comforts—some of which can last long after the cold has thawed.
Read the Transcript: Coffee in Crisis
For our ninth session of Over Coffee, our ongoing morning panel series, we sat down with coffee professionals to discuss the current economic and economical state of coffee. Read the transcript here.
The Hyphenated American Food Staples
American foodways are a fluid representation of immigrant cuisines, adapted and integrated to become new cultural hallmarks.
Thyme for Recognition
In a new series exploring the culinary unsung hero category of herbs, we investigate the origins of thyme and its use in multiple cultural cuisines.
Don’t Ghost on Your Neighborhood Restaurant
The relationship between restaurant and regular is an endangered one, but worth investing in for the future of the food industry.
Raising a Chef
What’s it like to raise the future leaders of the food industry? We asked the parents of accomplished chefs to share their stories.
Fannie Lou Hamer and Farming as Activism
Dr. Monica M. White shares an excerpt from her new book, Freedom Farmers, with the work of Fannie Lou Hamer leading the charge as an example of social justice through agriculture.
Influential African Americans in Food History
A brief introduction to some of the most influential and inspiring African American figures in U.S. culinary history.