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March 14, 2014

…watercress, and then felt horrible and tired. But maybe it was the fact that they ate a giant pile of food? Delicious, flavorful food drenched in umami? When food-obsessed New…

May 12, 2014

…mother often dropped me off on Friday afternoons before her dates, was always filled with the sounds and smells of good food. Late at night, I would often climb out…

August 24, 2023

…playing, splashing water from plastic pails and water guns, their hearty giggles filling the mid-morning air. Aromas of garlic, basil, tamarind, and curry originated from the makeshift food stalls along…

April 26, 2019

The following story is written and self-translated by Malaysian writer Zedeck Siew, detailing the layered transactions at a Bengali food van in his neighborhood of Port Dickson, Malaysia. Jump down…

August 26, 2019

…allow outside food? (meaning non-white people food, Indian food—or, as we Indian people called it, food) – What about the fire codes? Can a havaan be lit there? Do we…

October 10, 2013

Few foods conjure up strong reactions like the popular Filipino street food, balut. The delicacy, which consists of a duck embryo, about 14-17 days old, but still in its shell,…

September 26, 2014

…tight circle of women commiserate over Asha Food Group, their recently formed workers’ cooperative that produces frozen samosas. Each worker is an owner of the business. Each contributes an even…

December 12, 2019

…tantrum, this time in a food court with my grandparents, ended in an overturned plate of duck rice. I flipped the styrofoam plate onto the floor, dissatisfied with the soft,…

March 18, 2021

…ground was a tableau vivant of all this foodstuff. Birds noisily descended on the compost of kitchen excess; a family of wild hoary boars congregated around the black-dotted bananas. From…

July 22, 2022

…York City, an estimated eighty thousand people, work as couriers for food delivery apps—enough to fill the seats of Madison Square Garden four times over. Among them, an understanding hovers…