Features & Trends & Essays

The ‘Cult’ of To Be Magnetic, for The Cut

Can a Neon Blue Gummy Worm Cocktail Save the Movies?, for The New York Times

The ‘Skinny Influencer’ Who Was Barred From TikTok, for The New York Times

Is This The End of Instagram Cookware?, for The New York Times

The Humble Item That’s Become a Restaurant Status Symbol, for The New York Times

What Scandal? Opening Night at Liz Johnson’s Frog Club, for The New York Times (bonus food review here)

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

The Wildest, Secret “Avant Garde” Restaurant You’ve Never Heard Of, 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

Soho Is Getting a New Artists’ Restaurant, for New York Magazine

A Deep-Fried Pho Sparks Scandal at the State Fair of Texas, for The New York Times

Cocktails Are Sandwiches Now, Deal With It, for New York Magazine

New York Has Reached Peak Pork, for T Magazine

Butter Has Become the Main Character, for New York Magazine

Sicily In Its Post–White Lotus Era, for Prior World

New York Italian Food Is Getting Weird (in a Good Way), for T Magazine

I Love You, But I Hate Your Cooking, for The New York Times

White Bread Is Back, for T Magazine

The City’s Best Sandwich Is Back, for New York Magazine

Restaurants Do Darkroom-Core, for The New York Times

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

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

Meredith Hayden, for Family Style

Eric Wareheim, for Family Style

Norman Jean Roy, for Saveur

David Zilber, for Family Style

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

Caroline Schiff to Leave Gage & Tollner, 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