Airbnb sold us the comforts of home. Then came the chores
Schadenfreude isn’t listed among Airbnb’s amenities — but this week, it’s practically complimentary. Some Airbnb hosts are threatening to quit…
Americans hate tipping. So why haven’t they stopped?
I am a recovering people-pleaser, though I admit most of the recovering still takes place in private. I rehearse difficult…
Why women dread male Instacart shoppers
When I began using Instacart about five years ago, grocery delivery struck me as an almost preposterous luxury. I hadn’t…
You should throw a soup party
When I was a kid, I used to read “The Joy of Cooking” and imagine the elaborate parties I would…
Food safety fears are bipartisan. Trust in oversight isn’t
A Crunchwrap Supreme and a bag of supermarket salad generally appeal to rather different notions of a good lunch. One…
I miss the restaurant pager
At 16, I was entrusted with one of the most important pieces of technology at a suburban Chili’s: a wire…
James Talarico isn’t vegan. So why is the GOP so fixated?
President Donald Trump has lately been telling a story about James Talarico that comes with its own setting, action and…
Your soup needs a little drama
When I was a kid, I absolutely adored Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes, those sprawling soup-and-salad buffets where, for a certain…
The AI drive-thru wars aren’t really about your order
A few years ago, an experimental McDonald’s drive-thru system became convinced that two customers needed an almost ceremonial quantity of…
Trump’s tariffs may kill free chips and salsa
There are certain sensations you don’t realize belong to an era until they’re gone: the modem’s electronic shriek as it…