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The Year We Wanted to Be Fancy Little Bitches

In 2022, Mushrooms Cured What Ailed Us

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What Is a Coastal Italian Restaurant Anyway?

One of the biggest restaurant trends of 2022 combines pasta, seafood, and pure fantasy

The Hottest Trend of 2022: Worker Strikes

From major chains like Starbucks to mom-and-pop spots, 2022 was a big year for worker-led labor action

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This Year, Food TV Got Weird

Sure, everyone was horny for "The Bear." But from GBBO’s "Mexican Week" to "Is It Cake?" to "Easy-Bake Battle," the rest of food TV this year was far less exciting

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The Year Creators Took It Offline

From MrBeast’s mall burger restaurant to David Dobrik’s pizzeria and Dylan Lemay’s ice cream shop, YouTube and TikTok’s biggest stars are getting in on owning restaurants

20 Food Hot Takes You’ll Probably Hate-Read in 2020

Cabbage Is Your Next Great Vegetable Crush

Every Ridiculous Food Trend Predicted for 2020

The Stunning Restaurant Design Trends Most Likely to Take Over 2020

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In 2019, Men Named Their Restaurants After Women

For many restaurant owners, christening their business with a woman’s name signals a specific type of hospitality

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The D-List Celebrity’s Guide to Becoming a Food Influencer

Some tips on launching your food empire from Who? Weekly’s Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber

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The Best Food Shows in 2019 Weren’t TV; They Were TikToks

Where else can you go from a teen ranting about her fast food job in autotune to a beautiful recreation of anime food scenes in mere seconds?

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Everyone Who Loves to Cook Was Making Beans This Year

How the humble bean became the go-to ingredient for everyone in 2019

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the New ‘Great British Bake Off’ Hosts

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Food Service Is Grueling Work — So More and More Workers Are Organizing

From basic safety issues like nonslip mats in the kitchen to better salaries and benefits, the fight to create a more just industry ramped up this year

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Food Brands Went Fully Off the Rails in 2019 — and Profited From It

From Popeyes sandwich mania to brand Twitter accounts run amok, the dream of slow food seems farther away than ever before

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Two Years Into #MeToo, Has Anything Really Changed?

Multiple men implicated in #MeToo allegations seemed primed for a comeback in 2019 — or never stopped working to begin with

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2019 Was the Year of the Serif

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What Did ‘Authenticity’ in Food Mean in 2019?

The word still matters, but its definition isn’t as simple as it used to be

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Beautiful Dead Birds Were 2019’s Hottest Fine Dining Trend

Feathers, claws, beaks, and bills attached

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It’s Time for the Seltzer Bubble to Burst

Between flavored seltzer, CBD seltzer, and boozy seltzer, we are at capacity for fizz

The Year That Bad Men Wouldn’t Just Go Away

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The Pleasures of Ina Garten

For the fans that follow the Barefoot Contessa’s recipes, what she’s really selling, in addition to pleasure, is the confidence of a practiced cook

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2018 Was the Year That Netflix Ruled Food TV

By adopting a ravenous approach to the food world, and relying on fresh voices to tell their stories, the streaming giant ruled the culinary TV game this year

The Year We Remembered That Restaurants Are Political Spaces Too

Like Them or Not, Cannabis Drinks Will Be Huge in 2019

‘Little Italy’ Is the Worst Food Movie of 2018

Banning Plastic Straws Was 2018’s Biggest Trend

The Biggest Food Technology Advances of 2018

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Literally Every Single Food Trend Predicted to Take Over 2019

We can see into the future and there’s insect protein, coffee beer, and… "healthy" soul food

Fake Food Museums Are Our Greatest Monuments to the Brand Hellscape of 2018

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