Recent Articles
How Do Bees Make Honey? Here’s Everything You Need to Know!
How do bees make honey? If you want to know about honey, you have to know about bees. Here’s a detailed look at life inside the hive.
How Chef Eli Kulp's Transition to Disability Can Help You Learn Resiliency During Covid Quarantine
How did becoming disabled teach chef Eli Kulp about resiliency? And what can able-bodied chefs struggling through the Covid pandemic learn from him?
Featured Essay! Making an Argument for Gluten-Free Beer
My op-ed arguing that bars should make more of an effort to stock some of the amazing gluten-free beers on the market today is featured by the editors of October.
The Chefs of New York's Asian Food Mafia are Staying Strong Through Community
How are the chefs of New York’s Asian Food Mafia faring under Covid-19 virus quarantine? Some worse than others.
Alternative Flour Power!
What alternative flours for baking and cooking do chefs reach for? And what alternative flour recipes do they urge you to try at home? Read this fascinating primer on alternative flours for the full scoop!
The Kitchen Companion Page-A-Week Calendar 2021
Part personal assistant, part sous chef—and a cheerful addition to any kitchen! Buy the Kitchen Tips Calendar today!
One Meal Fits All
How can family-style meals cushion the blow of dine-in shutdowns for chefs during Covid? Read for hospitality insight and actionable steps.
Remembering My Friend and Favorite Chef, Floyd Cardoz
My friend, the great chef Floyd Cardoz, died of the Covid-19 virus in March of 2020. This tribute in Plate magazine celebrates the heart behind his food.
13 Ways to Disconnect from Technology (from cyborg anthropologist Amber Case)
I find myself returning to the list of ways to disconnect from tech that Amber fired out during our interview. Try one on for size.
My chronic illness has cost me more than just my health
Relationships shift when parts of the social world become less accessible due to illness. This essay for Cosmopolitan addresses some of this hardship.
Meet the Women Who've Served Up 40 Years of Feminist Food
Bloodroot, a vegan, feminist, activist restaurant, owned by lesbians Selma Miriam and Noel Furie in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has thrived for 42 years. Now Miriam and Furie fear for the current state of both politics and political food, and worry whether the torch they've carried will be blown out.
Robert Stehling Explains How He Knew It Was Time To Close Hominy Grill
How does a successful chef know when it’s time to close? Robert Stehling shares his adventure to hospitality wellness in this digital feature for Plate magazine.
Exploring the Unique Seafood of Portugal’s Azores
Across the Azorean archipelago, there’s a penchant for diverse, seasonal seafood. Sometimes, you never know what you’re going to get. Azorean-American food writer Jacqueline Raposo gives tips on eating fish in the Azores to get you started.
Colonial America Was Obsessed With Chocolate That Probably Tasted Pretty Bad
Even as the colonists grew to appreciate the flavor of chocolate, they also ate it as a health food.
I Have Celiac Disease and I Want to Drink a Beer at a Bar, Dammit!
If the bar won’t serve you beer, serve beer to the bar.
How Gavin Kaysen Went From Having a Boss to Being One
The Minneapolis chef reflects on his mentors, Daniel Boulud and Thomas Keller, and how they helped guide him through the rocky, early days of his acclaimed restaurant.
Revelations in Civil War-Era Cooking
Many of the era's dishes are characterized by a lack of seasoning, abundance of root vegetables and overcooked meats. Oh, and there's a delicacy called "Cold Ham Cake.”
Meet the food world’s Pilates Teacher
Marcia Polas believes “it shouldn’t hurt to do your job.” And she teachers chefs, bartenders, and servers how to use their bodies to their benefit, no matter how long the shift.
What Happens to Your Brain and Body When You Quit Sugar for 30 Days?
Jacqueline Raposo expected some drastic changes, but not the ones she wound up going through, so she hit up a neuroscientist, a doctor, and a sugar journalist for advice.
What Happens When an All-Star Pastry Chef Kicks White Sugar Out of His Kitchen?
For Miro Uskokovic, the Serbian-born pastry chef of Gramercy Tavern in New York, sugar always meant one thing: a pure-white crystal. Then, he was diagnosed with Crohn's, a chronic inflammatory disease that targets the lining of the digestive tract. He started to explore how sugar affected his digestive symptoms, which led him to question what it was doing for his guests.