Michael Y. Park
Michael Y. Park is a writer living in Brooklyn. He has eaten scorpions and grubs in Manhattan, picnicked with the king and queen of Malaysia, dined on caribou under the watchful eyes of a polar bear in Manitoba, gagged down gasoline clams at a barbecue in North Korea, and traded nuts and fruits with Hazara tribesmen in the Khyber Pass. Loves cold meatloaf.
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Holiday Cookie a Day
You may be too old to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but you're never too old for this PB&J cookie bar
Lifestyle
Dear Pregnant Kate Middleton
Here's what you should be eating for the next nine months. (See you at the baby shower, right?)
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How to Bake 25 Holiday Cookie Recipes in 25 Days
Every day till Christmas, we're bringing you a holiday cookie recipe. Just FYI: You might want to strategize.
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Holiday Cookie a Day
Everything you love about the holiday goes into this white chocolate and peppermint cookie brittle
Culture
Holiday Cookie a Day
One bite of these roll-out cookies and you'll never equate vanilla with boring again
Culture
Food and Drink Advice for Bill Clinton, If He Moves to Ireland
Will Bill Clinton be the next ambassador to Ireland? It's only a rumor, but that's enough to get us to reveal all we know about eating and drinking there
Lifestyle
Stupid American Food Patents, from the 1910s to Today
From the automobile stove to the heart-shaped cheese slice, a century of idiotic American food inventions
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Video
When the shelves at Minneapolis's Marvel Bar collapsed, a security camera captured the bartender's remarkable reaction
Culture
Food Charities You Should Donate To
While you're buying gifts this holiday season, consider donating to these food-related charities as well
Lifestyle
Which Food-Related Terms Were Cut From the OED?
When an editor allegedly cut dozens of words from the OED, the English language lost some unusual food-related terms, including ghetchoo and milk sociable
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What the Heck Are the Food Innovator Awards?
A brief investigation into a pretty cool project we didn't even know we were doing
Cooking
Winter Appetizers
We're giving you winter cocktail party appetizers! You're ready, aren't you?
Lifestyle
16 Awesome Quotes From the New Yorker's Food Issue
From bread prejudices to the diet of orcas, our favorite lines from the New Yorker's annual ode to eating
Culture
Fake-Food Holiday Gifts for Cyber Monday
Doorstops that look like ice cream cones, diaper cakes, and other ha-ha gifts that look good enough to eat (sort of)
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How to Order Food Gifts Online
A guide to ordering food gifts online, from the drawbacks of Cryovac to the hassles at Customs
Lifestyle
Infamous Restaurant Name Disputes, From Ray's to Ramsay
To some restaurateurs, everything. A brief history of bitter branding battles, from Ray's to Gordon Ramsay