http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/ Food en Copyright 2009 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:45:54 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Ratings and reviews can't tell you what varieties you'll enjoy drinking--only trying a range of options can. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/lessons-from-two-wine-tastings.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/lessons-from-two-wine-tastings.php Stories Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:45:54 -0500 Mad Men episode.]]> http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/mai-tais-make-a-comeback.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/mai-tais-make-a-comeback.php Stories Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:45:57 -0500 The White House isn't the only place growing vegetables. A look inside the USDA's People's Garden. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/washingtons-other-organic-garden.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/washingtons-other-organic-garden.php Stories Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:08:23 -0500 Hodo Soy Beanery is trying to improve the food's reputation by offering customers tours of their factory. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/making-tofu-hip.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/making-tofu-hip.php Stories Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:15:59 -0500 Chef Jamie Oliver wants to help people lose weight by teaching them how to cook. How he could change his approach. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/how-families-promote-healthy-eating.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/how-families-promote-healthy-eating.php Stories Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:28:46 -0500 A host of chocolate desserts can be found on just about any restaurant's menu. Why? Because it's easy. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/whats-wrong-with-chocolate.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/whats-wrong-with-chocolate.php Stories Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:45:00 -0500 The citrus-lover's answer to a campfire classic mimics a miniature lemon meringue pie. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-lemon-curd-smores.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-lemon-curd-smores.php Desserts Recipes Stories Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:45:30 -0500 Baltimore's public schools go vegetarian once a week, sparking protests from beef and pork producers. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/meatless-mondays-draw-industry-ire.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/meatless-mondays-draw-industry-ire.php Stories Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:20:43 -0500 Expiration dates come days earlier in Gotham than they do anywhere else. The author finds out why. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/new-york-citys-milk-mystery.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/new-york-citys-milk-mystery.php Stories Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:14:31 -0500 Momofuku's cookbook has recipes from the New York restaurant empire and makes the author want to cook. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/momofuku-cookbook-review.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/momofuku-cookbook-review.php Stories Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:52:47 -0500 Pickle Day on Manhattan's Lower East Side celebrates the food's history--and helps secure its future. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/pickles-for-old-fans-new-converts.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/pickles-for-old-fans-new-converts.php Stories Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:45:46 -0500 Once a year, the small town of Warrens hosts the world's largest festival in honor of the fruit. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/wisconsin-celebrates-the-cranberry.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/wisconsin-celebrates-the-cranberry.php Stories Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:19:58 -0500 Working in the dead of night, Matthew Tilden makes memorable scones, breads, and other baked goods. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/in-brooklyn-baking-after-midnight.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/in-brooklyn-baking-after-midnight.php Stories Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:17:37 -0500 SLIDE SHOW  I]]> http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/a-culinary-walking-tour-of-brooklyn.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/a-culinary-walking-tour-of-brooklyn.php Abroad Stories Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:45:08 -0500 Alfa-Betty Olsen surveys the multicultural food Brooklyn has to offer. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/a-culinary-walking-tour-of-brooklyn-1.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/a-culinary-walking-tour-of-brooklyn-1.php Stories Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:45:01 -0500 The former restaurant critic finds himself still paying close attention to his meals weeks after his final review. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/eating-after-the-new-york-times.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/eating-after-the-new-york-times.php Stories Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:45:52 -0500 A virus inspires the author to try electuaries: "pharmaceutical sweets" made by medieval monks. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/cooking-up-cold-remedies.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/cooking-up-cold-remedies.php Stories Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:19:59 -0500 A veteran cookbook author learns to let go of her old stove--and enjoys the benefits of a relationship with a new one. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/my-stove-a-love-story.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/my-stove-a-love-story.php Stories Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:24:18 -0500 A restaurateur achieves his dream--a sushi place in Manhattan--but must close the doors within two years. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/recession-dashes-restaurant-hopes.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/recession-dashes-restaurant-hopes.php Stories Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:45:00 -0500 The president picked the legendary Indian leader as his ideal dinner companion. Why it was a good choice. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/if-obama-had-dinner-with-gandhi.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/if-obama-had-dinner-with-gandhi.php Stories Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:01:45 -0500 One man attempts to bring the New Amsterdam market, once a staple on the city's market scene, back to life. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/in-new-york-reviving-a-historic-market.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/in-new-york-reviving-a-historic-market.php Stories Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:35:46 -0500 Though reluctant to place blame for his own food struggles, the author urges parents to set a good eating example. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/eating-anxiety-is-anyone-to-blame.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/eating-anxiety-is-anyone-to-blame.php Stories Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:45:21 -0500 Michigan's annual blueberry festival features the fruit beer, pancakes, beef jerky, and more. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/at-festival-no-blueberry-left-behind.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/at-festival-no-blueberry-left-behind.php Stories Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:45:28 -0500 SLIDE SHOW  I]]> http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/an-authentic-hawaiian-luau.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/an-authentic-hawaiian-luau.php Stories Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:38:57 -0500 Jeannette Lee and her family give us a glimpse inside an authentic Hawaiian luau. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/luau-1.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/luau-1.php Stories Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:45:59 -0500 Food, says a the former New York Times critic, can make trouble and can make pleasure-- but mostly pleasure. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/food-is-the-hero-not-the-villain-1.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/food-is-the-hero-not-the-villain-1.php Stories Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:25:01 -0500 Food companies say we're running out of sugar. But some wonder if there's really a crisis. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/sugar-shortage-real-or-hoax.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/sugar-shortage-real-or-hoax.php Stories Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:58:25 -0500 A recipe for chicken breast in sweet pudding makes the author ask: Why separate sweet from savory? http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/when-meat-becomes-dessert.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/when-meat-becomes-dessert.php Stories Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:36:42 -0500 Adapted from Classic Turkish Cooking by Ghillie Başan http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/tavuk-gogsu.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/tavuk-gogsu.php Desserts Recipes Stories Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:45:16 -0500 The CEO of the supermarket chain wrote an op-ed about health care, inspiring boycotts and anti-boycotts. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/whole-foods-and-the-health-care-debate.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/whole-foods-and-the-health-care-debate.php Stories Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:48:10 -0500 A chef who considers Mexico his "university" brings a taste of Puerto Vallarta to the Rockaways. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/a-taste-of-mexico-in-queens.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/a-taste-of-mexico-in-queens.php Stories Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:05:49 -0500 Mulukhiya, a stew that's a staple of menus across the Middle East, is almost impossible to find in America. Why?]]> http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/the-missing-ingredient.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/the-missing-ingredient.php Stories Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:35:40 -0500 In areas where citizens have limited access to fresh food, leaders have developed an innovative solution. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/bringing-food-to-the-people.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/bringing-food-to-the-people.php Stories Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:45:03 -0500 Julie & Julia--even if one scene may make you want to avert your eyes.]]> http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/the-joy-of-julie-julia.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/the-joy-of-julie-julia.php Stories Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:50:05 -0500 Curry leaves are considered by many to be the key to authentic Indian cuisine. One woman's struggle to keep her mother's plant alive. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/saving-the-curry-tree.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/saving-the-curry-tree.php Stories Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:25:57 -0500 Note: This recipe is good, and just as authentic, without the curry leaves. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-cucumber-raita.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-cucumber-raita.php Recipes Sauces, Spreads, and Stocks Stories Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:45:16 -0500 The negotiations in North Korea brought together two of the world's most famous gourmands. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/what-did-bill-clinton-and-kim-jong-il-eat.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/what-did-bill-clinton-and-kim-jong-il-eat.php Stories Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:22:50 -0500 One chef responds to the recession by cooking low-cost meals in the back of a grocery store. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/grocery-gourmet-the-future-of-fine-dining.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/grocery-gourmet-the-future-of-fine-dining.php Stories Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:27:51 -0500 President Obama's choice for the White House happy hour is absorbing some sharp insults. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/who-will-defend-bud-light.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/who-will-defend-bud-light.php Stories Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:47:31 -0500 The author's family takes up beekeeping only to have their colony nearly killed off. What happened? http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/the-mystery-of-the-vanishing-bees-1.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/the-mystery-of-the-vanishing-bees-1.php Stories Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:19:00 -0500 Summer is here, and the markets are bursting with fresh produce. How to make the most of the season's bounty. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/summer-produce-1.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/summer-produce-1.php Stories Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:04:01 -0500 What happens when a long-dead ornithologist, a quirky Basque chef, and an illustrator write a cookbook? http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/a-sticker-book-for-food-lovers.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/a-sticker-book-for-food-lovers.php Stories Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:21:40 -0500 The author is live-blogging the Centers for Disease Control's first-ever Weight of the Nation obesity conference. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/the-politics-of-obesity.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/the-politics-of-obesity.php Stories Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:48:04 -0500 In Staten Island, where pizza is religion, an 84-year-old woman makes pies for friends and family in her own backyard oven. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/pizza-oven-in-the-backyard.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/pizza-oven-in-the-backyard.php Stories Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:45:28 -0500 There was plenty of fancy food at this weekend's Unfancy Food Show. But it lived up to its name nonetheless. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/unfancy-food.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/unfancy-food.php Stories Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:38:26 -0500 Since 1976, a Chicago-based research firm has been compiling detailed data on the choices kids make when they visit fast food restaurants. For the first time, the "bad" stuff that kids order is losing share (though not its top perch) to the "good" stuff. http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/the-skinny-childhood-obesity-rates-stable.php http://food.theatlantic.com/stories/the-skinny-childhood-obesity-rates-stable.php Stories Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:09:25 -0500