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…
The Over-the-Counter Sleeping Pill That’s Too Good to Be True
Thomas FuchsOnce upon a time, insomniacs counted sheep. Today, they take melatonin. Referred to by scientists as the “hormone of darkness,” melatonin is naturally produced by a gland in the brain at night, but it can also be purchased at any major drugstore. Millions of Americans take it, whether swallowing it in pill form, spritzing it…
Inside the Bold New Animal Liberation Movement: No Masks, No Regrets, All the Risk
Mother Jones; Direct Action Everywhere When Julianne Perry first met the calf this summer, the animal was lying listlessly in a wooden crate on top of narrow slats, caked in her own dried diarrhea. Maggots crawled on her body. Just a few days old, she was emaciated. As she tried to get up, her knees…
Monsanto Created a Huge Problem. Now That Problem Might Be Driving Sales.
A farmer shows his dicamba-damaged soybean plant in Arkansas.Andrew DeMillo/AP About 4 percent of all soybean crops planted in the United States have been damaged by a weed killer this year, the New York Times has reported. On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that more than 3.6 million acres of soybean crops had been…