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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 kind of child (me), the prospect of choosing from several enormous vats of soup constituted a genuinely thrilling night out.…
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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 chicken McNuggets. As a video of the exchange showed, the number kept climbing: 240, 250, 260. The customers shouted for…
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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 connected to the internet, the satisfying clack of a landline receiver, the little metallic weight of an arcade token in…
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Your soup needs a little vinegar

A version of this recipe first appeared in The Bite, Salon’s food newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, plus recipes, food-related pop culture recommendations and conversations about what we’re eating, how and why. There comes a…
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We’re over restaurant slop – Salon.com

Recently, between medical appointments, I ended up at a grain-bowl-and-salad place in a suburban strip mall, the kind of sleek fast-casual restaurant that looks a little like an Apple Store decided to start serving brown rice and green goddess dressing.…
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For better soups, start in the oven

So, in honor of soup season, I’ve decided to spend the next few weeks of “The Bite,” Salon’s food newsletter, teaching what I’ve started referring to in my notebook at Soup School: a loose little series about the patterns that…
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The women reshaping kitchen culture

For a long time, the image of the chef has been remarkably consistent: a man in a white jacket, barking orders in a hot kitchen and demanding perfection from everyone around him. At the Chef’s Table Festival in Park City,…
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How to celebrate Dolly Parton Day with a Southern feast

Over the years, there have been several attempts to give legendary country singer, philanthropist and all-around icon Dolly Parton a commemorative day of her own. In 2019, then-Nashville Mayor David Briley named August 5 Dolly Parton Day in recognition of…
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