Outdated Browser

For the best experience using our website, we recommend upgrading your browser to a newer version or switching to a supported browser.

More Information

Food

Six Proposals for Participation in a Conversation about Bread

“That’s what we get for supporting Communism: standing in line for this black loaf.”

Translated from Arabic by Alice Guthrie

Just Dinner, but Oh, What a Feast

By Rohan Kamicheril

Though food may fail to broker communication, this is often one of its major supposed roles.

A spoon with stringy bits of meat sits in a stew

Photo by mana5280 on Unsplash

Kari Disan

It hadn’t been a gastronomic experience so much as an obstacle course.

Translated from French by Jeffrey Zuckerman

Large cuts of meat roast on a grill

Photo by Deby Rodriguez on Unsplash

The Art and Horror of the Argentine Asado

By Mariana Enríquez

The asado and political violence are linked in Argentina.

Translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell

Multilingual

Instructions for Eating Granny Ora’s Kibbeh

Israeli cuisine is a mystery, a black hole, a utopia.

Translated from Hebrew by Jessica Cohen

Multilingual

Not Bread Alone: Food and the Refugees in Greece

By Diana Farr Louis

Whereas shelter and safety must come first, the question of food is so fundamental.

Delbahar and Ghee

By Prasanta Mridha

The most astonishing thing about these men was their ability to eyeball measurements.

Translated from Bengali by Shabnam Nadiya

Multilingual

A Meal of Solitude for a Restless Heart

By Jeon Sungtae

I had never before paid so much attention to the act of eating.

Translated from Korean by Sora Kim-Russell

Learn

All Desert Islands Are the Same

By Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

I have always thought it a gastronomical barbarity to eat bacalao fresh.

Translated from Spanish by Adrian Nathan West

Fear of Manners

By Kanako Nishi

Day in and day out, so many personal habits can drive us crazy.

Translated from Japanese by Allison Markin Powell

Wizard Bakery

By Koo Byung-Mo

Do not forget the magical forces you used today may circle back to you some day to return the favor.

Translated from Korean by Jamie Chang

Learn

Ketchup

By Sławomir Mrożek

I burned down the McDonald’s, for the sake of my life

Translated from Polish by Garry Malloy

Multilingual