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Gourmet specialty donuts are being displayed at a shop in Unionville, Ontario, Canada, on June 03, 2023.

Podcasts

100 Foods To Throw In The Garbage, With Megan Greenwell

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Drew Magary

View of cooks as they prepare a barbecue meal at President Lyndon Johnson's ranch, Johnson City, Texas, December 1963. Visible at right are members of the press corps who wait to be served during the event, a reception for West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. (Photo by Yoichi Okamoto/White House Photo Collection/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

Funbag

Until We Meat Again: A Smokeboy Hangs Up His Apron

Tom Ley

YES announcer Michael Kay before the New York Yankees MLB game against the Toronto Blue Jays on August 12, 2012 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Defector Up All Night

Michael Kay Finally Consumed Eggs

Kathryn Xu

Hand taking food with chopsticks. Eating Hot Pot at restaurant

Chefector

Let’s Explore The Infinite Realm Of Hot Pot

Giri Nathan

A maritozzo pastry from Rome next to Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner

Tennis

Some Italy Updates

Kelly Conaboy

A cupcake baking pan messily filled with French onion soup

French Onion Soup In Cupcake Tins? French Onion Soup In Cupcake Tins

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Abigail Segel

An array of eggplants at Marché Jean-Talon in Montreal.

It’s Summer! Let’s Cook Some Eggplant

LIVERMORE, CA - JULY 18: A Safeway customer browses in the fruit and vegetable section at Safeway's new "Lifestyle" store July 18, 2007 in Livermore, California. Safeway unveiled its newest Lifestyle store that features numerous organic and natural foods as well as expanded produce, meat, seafood and floral departments. The store also offers freshly made desserts and baked goods, a coffee roaster, a fresh nut bar and wine section with over 2,000 wines, some of which are stored in a climate controlled wine cellar. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Time For War: I’m Ranking Supermarket Chains

Lauren Theisen

Broadway showgirls (from left) Geraldine Shay, Pat Gale, Bonnie Blair, Genne Courtney and Toni Tucci eat spaghetti with their arms held behind their backs, as part of some sort of competition. 1948.

Which Food Would Win You An Eating Contest?

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - FEBRUARY 22: Ben Franklin Impersonator, Robert DeVitis attends the pre-launch of Oatly's new plant-based Cream Cheese exclusively in Philadelphia at Spread Bagelry on February 22, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Oatly)

Underexplained Lists

Cream Cheeses, Ranked

Albert Burneko

Some chicken and sausages cooking on a hot grill, with a Chefector illustration

You Just Need A Thermometer

Your Crummy Apartment Stove Is Perfectly Fine For Cooking

A glass of pink lemonade, outside with flowers in the background.

Pink Lemonade For Everybody!

How To Help Your Kids Learn To Like A Food

A pigeon selects from the culinary delights in an overflowing garbage can

Uncleanliness Is Next To Godliness

This Stupid Oven Is The Juicero Of TV Dinners

How To Break Free Of Recipe Dependence

Soup cans on a supermarket shelf, with a big Chefector logo in front

It’s Good To Make Your Own Stock Sometimes

A vegetable grocery display with carrots and scallions and radishes

You Have No Excuse For Disliking Vegetables

Three chefs hold a giant fish in an old black-and-white photo

Send Me Your Food Questions

Soraya Roberts

I’ll Have What No One Is Having

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Arts And Culture

Our Predictions For 2023


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A menorah on a "happy Chanukah" plate. In front of it are dreidels and CRYPTO GELT: Chanukah Coins for the new age.

Hanukkah Doesn’t Need A Hip Rebrand

Johhny, 3, biting into a drumstick. The children had their turkey a day ahead of Thanksgiving at the Army's Nursery.

Jamboroo

Everything In Moderation

Chicken Pot Pie from Costco. Note....Meagen Ogilvie story.(September 26 11RICK EGLINTON/TORONTO STAR.

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