I Went to a Potluck That Embraced Awkward Political Conversations
Guests gathered in the Bay Area for a potluck and political conversation. J.T. Trollman It’s that time of year when we gather with family and friends to share a meal and catch up, swap stories, and perhaps, if your family is like mine, steer clear of talking about Donald Trump over our turkey dinner. …
Native American Dishes You Can Cook This Week
Courtesy The Sioux Chef Lakota Chef Sean Sherman, known as “The Sioux Chef,” is on a mission to revive the pre-Reservation cuisine of Indian tribes—food that’s largely gone missing from the American diet. Now Sherman is out with a new cookbook, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, featuring sumptuous recipes for North Woods ingredients: think griddled…
The Anti-Pumpkin Pie, and 9 Other Unique Holiday Recipes
On our food politics podcast, Bite, guests like cookbook writer Samin Nosrat, Somali refugee Halimo Isaac, and comic W. Kamau Bell tell the stories behind what ends up on your plate. And, lucky us, these guests tend to be food lovers who know some great recipes. In time for holiday feasting, here are some of some of…
Finally, Someone Explains Just What In The Hell We’re Supposed To Do With Leeks
Recipes from “David Tanis Market Kitchen”Evan Sung Evan Sung“Don’t under-cook them—they don’t taste good if they’re crunchy,” Tanis says. But otherwise, he argues, leeks are not difficult to prepare. Cooking them in a pan with a pat of butter can result in something “absolutely delicious that you can kind of put anywhere”—in omelettes, or cradling…
Did You Talk Politics at Thanksgiving? We Want to Hear About It.
Mother Jones illustration The season of gathering and feasting is upon us. If that means you’ll be eating with family this year, you might be hyper aware that sharing DNA doesn’t necessarily mean sharing the same opinions about things—like politics. With so much happening in the news these days, you may be dreading the more prickly…