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ISSUE 14

November 2022

Red Plum Hero

Zakiya Mckenzie
Essay

J O Y

Stush in the Bush
Poem & Recipe

Cucumber Salads That Nourish Undeserving Men

Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey
Essay & Recipe

Take Me With You

Reneice Charles
Essay & Recipe

A Call for Corn and Community

DONUT SPACE ODYSSEY

Summer Eldemire
Video

In Season

Shanice Bryce
Photo Essay

ISSUE 13

August 2022

The Spirit of Mezcal:
Motherhood, Connection, and Reciprocity

Fabiola Santiago
Essay

The Harvest

Kyana Moghadam
Essay

Transmutable

Se Young Au
Poem

Seeds & Women: Through an African Lens

Leonida Odongo
Essay

Bearie Seedy SassSquash

Elena Terry
Recipe

ISSUE 12

June 2022

Tavolo per uno

Letticia Cosbert Miller
Recipe

the let-down

jamilah malika abu-bakare
Poem

An Island of the Mind

Connor Garel
Essay

Brown Butter

Emelie Chhangur and Berlin Reed
Interview

Tea Ladies of Sudan

Ebti Nabag
Photo Essay

ISSUE 11

March 2022

CHEESECAKE TWISTER

Bobbi Salvör Menuez
Interview

Seleggt and the Porcopolis

quori theodor
Essay

Love Songs

Cherry Iocovozzi and Silver Cousler
Interview

Seeing Through Bread

Tyler Lee Steinbrenner and Lexie Smith
Interview

9 SONGS OF GINGER

CAConrad
Recipe & Poem

ISSUE 10

July 2021

sending a message to you

Adee Roberson
Video

Moog's Musical Eatery

Geeta Dayal
Review

Inside Piya Malik's Fridge

Jeff Mao
Interview

Music. Retail. Food.

Martin Johnson
Essay

Snacky Tunes

Sasha Frere-Jones
Essay

ISSUE 09

April 2021

Kitchen Metaphysics and Ntozake Shange's if i can cook/you know god can

Gabrielle Davenport
Review

Feast Afrique:
On Knowledge and Dilemma

Ozoz Sokoh
Essay

Ongoing Notes:
On Faith and Ingestion

Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Essay

ISSUE 08

February 2021

How Would I Have You Taste Hungary / Eating Alone Part Two

Eden Batki
Photo Essay

The Sofrito Project

Reina Gascon-Lopez
Recipe

Ghosts of Chinatown

Clarence Kwan
Photo Essay

Feasting on History:
Zina Saro-Wiwa's Table Manners

Niama Safia Sandy
Review

ISSUE 07

November 2020

On Rice

Amethyst Ganaway
Essay

Many Mouths

Veronique d'Entremont
Poem

John Cage, Mushroom Hunter

Jonathan Griffin
Profile

Possibly the Earliest English Work Devoted to Saffron

Ben Kinmont
Essay

ISSUE 06

September 2020

Thoughts on Food Material

Carmen Argote
Essay

Pineapple Kingdom:
U.S. Conquest and the Hawaiian Pineapple

Shana Klein
Essay

The Unpleasant Pheasant

Shana Lutker
Essay

Feed

Tommy Pico
Poem

ISSUE 05

July 2020

We Called Her General Girouard

Jonathan Griffin
Profile

Building Home Anew

Kavior Moon
Essay

Red

Niama Safia Sandy
Essay

1500 Words with Danielle Elizabeth Stevens

Andrea Gyorody
Interview

ISSUE 04

June 2020

Imaging Meals

Essence Harden
Essay

Food for Remembering

Bianca Morán
Essay

Salmon Croquette

Rikkí Wright
Recipe

ISSUE 03

February 2020

Tomato Bisque and Grilled Cheese

Julianna Barwick
Recipe

Napa Cabbage, Rice Vermicelli & Meatball Soup

Victoria Fu
Recipe

Lamb Fricassee with romaine, lemon, and dill
(Greek spring lamb stew)

Mina Stone
Recipe

Carrot Soup with Ginger and Coconut Milk

Clarissa Tossin
Recipe

ISSUE 02

December 2019

Biography: The Menu

Angela Dimayuga
Menu

On Becoming Ben Kinmont

Sarah Cooper
Essay

The Peacock Vows ca. 1340

Joshua O'Driscoll Essay

ISSUE 01

November 2019

Untitled

Spiral Theory Test Kitchen
Poem

Muscles Will Work It Out

Cooking Sections
Essay

The Darling Duck

Dorothy Iannone
Recipe

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