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2026
29 Jul
The republic for which it stands
21 Apr
Some ado about something
3 Feb
You could be braver
2025
24 May
The right to speak and the right to be complicit
10 May
Between the bubble and the deep blue sea
2024
22 Dec
Jana's story
7 Dec
As if I were a wall
25 Oct
Palestinians, in their own words
18 Oct
Recognizing the familiar
8 Oct
Recognizing the stranger
14 Sep
Indulgences and the consumer imaginary
10 Aug
To read or not to read
20 May
Ignoramus Rex
4 May
The Nakba in colour
20 Apr
The freedom flotilla coalition
13 Apr
The beginner's guide to Joe Beef
6 Apr
On a monday in Gaza
30 Mar
Technologies of mystification
23 Mar
You give us lovely words
16 Mar
Gentrification on my mind
9 Mar
We will write and film, this is what we do
2 Mar
The imaginary cookbook
24 Feb
We cook there with mixed feelings
17 Feb
Review review: Pizza Baby, Queen City Nerve
10 Feb
Screaming into the waves
3 Feb
Pete Wells and the patty melt problem
27 Jan
A small, good thing
20 Jan
Oh, the places you'll cook!
13 Jan
What we talk about when we talk about food security
6 Jan
The dead cat in the freezer
2023
21 Oct
I imagine myself dying while hearing my own name on the radio
16 Sep
Neoliberal pizza machine
3 Jun
James Beard, P.I.
6 May
A teaching moment
22 Apr
The bad chef and the bubble
1 Apr
Burger Battle is Over. Let's Talk about Beef. (Again.)
11 Mar
Battle Lines and Hot Toddies
11 Feb
“It’s all in the game though, right?”
31 Jan
A Word on Chinched
2022
4 Dec
Bests lists are the worst
15 Apr
How You Write It: Louis Martin
6 Apr
Burger Battle is Over. Let's Talk about Beef.
3 Mar
Panic! at the Pop-up
20 Feb
Don't Do Your Research: "East Coast Keto"
30 Jan
"Edges and Other Poems" by Heather Nolan
22 Jan
"Becoming Autism Friendly" by R. L. Roy
17 Jan
Working from Home: The Aurora Club
7 Jan
"Salt Beef Buckets: A Love Story" by Andie Bulman
2021
29 Dec
Let Us Not Rejoice
9 Jul
Forest Road Chocolates
16 Apr
"My poetry is meant to be heard and not read."
2020
10 Jun
Geneviève Plante & Vert Couleur Persil
1 Jun
The Personal is Provincial: Jennifer Thornhill Verma
2019
26 Mar
Aloette, Toronto
18 Jan
The Beginner's Guide to Joe Beef
11 Jan
Larrys
2018
14 Dec
I Maestri della Pasta: Impasto
7 Dec
Pizza Quest: Margherita-Ville
11 Sep
Fork, Witless Bay, Newfoundland
31 Jul
Restaurant Candide
15 Jul
Sims Corner Steakhouse and Oyster Bar, Charlottetown
13 Jun
Shophouse Montréalais: Épicerie Pumpui
2 Jun
“Somos una Taquería”: Taco Trunp
29 May
Elena the Beautiful
10 May
Wait for It: Mon Lapimn
3 May
The Flying Elk, Stockholm
25 Apr
Speceriet, Stockholm
23 Apr
Ramenkultur: Cocolo Ramen X-Berg
10 Mar
Mrs. Robinson's, Berlin
12 Feb
Eating Barcelona: Bar Brutal
8 Feb
“Creating a New Cuisine”: Lucky Leek in Prenzlauerberg
6 Feb
Eating Barcelona: Cervecería Catalana
5 Feb
Eating Barcelona: Can Paixano
2017
20 Sep
Not Sleeping with the Fishes: Sushi Momo
30 Aug
"We are Not in Love"; Dining at Love in Old Montreal
16 Aug
Where to Eat in Montreal
9 Aug
Restaurant Manitoba
4 Aug
Ends Must Come to All Good Things: A Steerburger Eulogy
29 Jul
Parasol Bar à Vin: a Promising, Impressive Summer Pop-up
29 Jul
A Tale of Two Pizzerias
22 Jul
The Long Run; Or, How to Run Every Day for a Year