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Food

Albert Burneko

Let’s Make Some Cold Soup

Let’s Make Cacio e Pepe

Let’s Sauté Some Rapini, Because I Forgot It’s Memorial Day Weekend

Diana Moskovitz is Defector&#8217;s investigations editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

Diana Moskovitz

Always Eat The Health Salad

Let’s Cook Some Blue Crabs

A pair of poached eggs, on toast, with chives

Let’s Poach Some Eggs, The Extremely Easy Thing To Do

Ray Ratto

TELFORD, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: A Japanese Bantam is seen at the National Poultry Show on November 20, 2016 in Telford, England. The annual event continues to grow with around 7000 entries this year from all around the world. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Elder Wisdom

And So, After All These Years, We Meet Again, My Greatest Enemy: Chicken

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

A picture taken on February 13, 2022 shows a cup of espresso coffee at the historic Gran Caffe Gambrinus in Naples, Italy. - A shot of dark, velvety coffee is more than just a quick caffeine hit: Italy's espresso is a prized social and cultural ritual the country considers a national heritage worthy of Unesco status. Gran Caffe Gambrinus is a historic cafe, pasticceria, and gelateria that opened in Naples in 1860. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Coffee: A Delayed Love Story

It’s Green, It’s Sauce, It’s Green Sauce

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Chris Thompson

All Cocktails Should Be Slightly Disgusting

Let’s Stuff Some Artichokes

Defector Staff

Here Are The Caffeine Habits Of The Defector Staff

A salad with oranges, grapefruit, walnuts, and goat cheese

Let’s Make A Salad Out Of Winter’s Last Citrus

Let’s Make Some Mascarpone

Barry Petchesky

This Is So Stupid

They Should Make Big English Muffins

Let’s Make Crab Soup

Patrick Redford

The nocini back in June, when I could still open all the jars.

Nocino Report: Defeated By Walnuts

Let’s Make The Reasonable Omelet

Lauren Theisen

Jack Hughes Has Insulted Detroit-Style Pizza, And Therefore My Honor

A Pot Of Beans, By Any Other Name

Nandini Balial is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Harper&#8217;s Bazaar, Vice, Slate, The Week, The Texas Observer, Ebert Voices, The AV Club, and Wired, among others. She lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas.

Nandini Balial

Let’s Make Something Sweet, With Cardamom

Let’s Make Some Ravioli

Sports Highlight Of The Day

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is: Big Hot Pot

A bowl of mushroom soup that tasted better than it photographed

Let’s Cook Mushroom Soup

circa 1965: A woman lifts a cup of coffee off a saucer in a kitchen. (Photo by Leo Vals/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Machines

Boston Tech Startup Develops Worst Imaginable Way To Get A Cup Of Coffee