Food + Culture
Kathy's Deli front door, cake, and coffee September 2020
I was one of Kathy’s Deli’s first employees. When it closed forever during the pandemic, I wondered if I’d lost my teenage self.
Kathy's Deli front door, cake, and coffee September 2020
09.03.2020
by Sylvia Grove
Isabel Adler's mother poses with two loaves of bread. August 2020
In our sliver of Los Angeles, we used to ignore our neighbors. When Covid-19 struck, food exchanges built community.
Isabel Adler's mother poses with two loaves of bread. August 2020
08.27.2020
by Isabel Adler
A blue bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup. August 2020
I can’t cook, but it’s the only way to connect to my last living parent—who I can’t visit.
A blue bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup. August 2020
08.27.2020
by Katie C. Reilly
Covid-19 essay: Stranded at home due to the pandemic (August 2020)
I’m 22, and stranded at home. I feel like an intruder in the kitchen I grew up in.
Covid-19 essay: Stranded at home due to the pandemic (August 2020)
08.26.2020
by Rebecca Duras
How Iranian food helped me get through the Covid-19 pandemic (August 2020)
How can food help us face the grinding uncertainty of pandemic life?
How Iranian food helped me get through the Covid-19 pandemic (August 2020)
08.26.2020
by Adrienne M. Varkiani
corn beef sandwich on a plate with fries and beer August 2020
We own an Irish Pub in Harrah, Oklahoma. When Covid-19 hit, we had to eat our own corned beef and potatoes for weeks.
corn beef sandwich on a plate with fries and beer August 2020
08.21.2020
by Heide Brandes
2019 JBF Awards in Chicago
For former James Beard award winners, silver medal was once pure gold
2019 JBF Awards in Chicago
08.21.2020
by Karen Stabiner
syrup being poured on a waffle with butter August 2020
No flour, no eggs, no problem. If we want waffles, we will dig into our Southern past and have waffles.
syrup being poured on a waffle with butter August 2020
08.20.2020
by Ashli Quesinberry Stokes
Interaction of a child and an elderly woman. Hand contact, touch, stroking, play, massage August 2020
Facing the pandemic, I was as helpless as anyone. But as a new grandmother, I was a culinary superpower.
Interaction of a child and an elderly woman. Hand contact, touch, stroking, play, massage August 2020
08.20.2020
by Susan Ito