“What learning to flip shrimp tails and build onion volcanoes taught me about the gift of performance, and its emotional toll.”
Eater
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This edition features stories from Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, and Alex Mierjeski, Michael Hall, Ben Goldfarb, Meg Bernhard, and Angela Burke.
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How Cookie Jars Capture American Kitsch
“A friend of mine was like, ‘You’re the only person I know with 100 cookie jars and not a single cookie in your house.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Today we are featuring stories about the decimation of a national park, the survival of Texas Monthly magazine, how a couple escaped slavery in Boston, choosing when to die, and the future of jelly. 1. In a Famed Kenyan Game Park, the Animals Are Giving Up Georgina Gustin | Undark | January 4, 2023 | […]
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Jelly Is Ready for Its Redemption Arc
“It’s delicious, but it’s also disgusting. It looks inedible, but it is edible.”
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Flour Trip
“Two years have passed since that first baking frenzy began — are we any closer to knowing what those loaves are made from?”
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Is the ‘Future of Food’ the Future We Want?
“The draw of a virtual restaurant is that of online shopping: The same products no matter where you are, or sometimes products exclusive to the virtual world. It’s fast food on an even grander scale.”
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Inside the Secretive, Semi-Illicit, High Stakes World of WhatsApp Mango Importing
“Customs restrictions, high transport costs, and a short shelf life have made the world’s greatest mangoes — grown in Pakistan — difficult to come by in the U.S.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Robert Sanchez, Nicholas Hune-Brown, Emily Van Duyne, David Ferris, and Jaya Saxena.