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Plus, Mark Zuckerberg’s latest startup is a cattle herd being fattened up with beer and macadamia nuts, and the poise of 2023’s girl dinner has given way to the all-consuming chaos of 2024’s rat snack.

I bake buttery garlic naan and cook Kenji López-Alt’s San Francisco-Style Vietnamese American Garlic Noodles, indulge in an all-you-can drink aperitivo hour, and forget the Lactaid before a late-night cheesecake snack.

European superstore Carrefour has pulled PepsiCo products off the shelves to protest price hikes. But American consumers maybe shouldn’t get too excited just yet.

Losing her father (and a string of bad dates) made writer Laurel Braitman think romance wasn't for her.

In her February 2024 letter, our editor-in-chief reflects on eating meat, but only when it makes sense.

Buffalo chicken pudding barfait. Salmon roe boba tea. The recipes in Dennis Lee’s “Food Is Stupid” newsletter seem like jokes—but the food world is taking him seriously.

Plus, the mascot at this college football game was a giant Pop Tart eaten in a chilling ritual sacrifice, and a former congresswoman was caught posting stolen food photos on social media.

The rise of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic revealed a deep truth about our culture’s relationship to food and consumption.

Giant Stanley cups, WaterTok, Erewhon’s $26 luxury water. In 2023, it seems we were thirstier than ever.

Martha Stewart’s Sports IIllustrated swimsuit cover. The Grimace Shake. Girl dinner. In this timeline, we trace this year’s biggest Extremely Online food moments.

She makes quick and easy Trader Joe’s lunches between story interviews and snacks on dried mango and almonds at long city council meetings.

Plus, Ikea UK released a giant, limited-supply meatball for the holidays, and we tried the Doritos-flavored liquor.

The prequel to ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,’ starring Timothée Chalamet, milks nostalgia while offering a sweeter experience.

The Tony Award–winning “Hamilton” star Leslie Odom Jr. sometimes performs two shows in one day. One sandwich gets him through.

Plus, Bradley Cooper served Philly cheesesteaks out of a truck in New York and a woman, after throwing a burrito bowl at a Chipotle worker, was sentenced to fast-food work.

For the last decade, the @MarthaStewart48 Instagram account has shared freewheeling posts about Martha Stewart’s personal life in chaotic, mesmerizing detail.

Plus: Martha Stewart revealed her go-to Dunkin’ order and Subway is launching a footlong cookie.

In an interview, Stephen Satterfield and Dr. Jessica B. Harris discuss how the new season traces Black food history, from Reconstruction to the civil rights era.

In her December 2023 letter, our editor-in-chief reflects on what makes a solid submission for the classic holiday contest.

On a stoop in Brooklyn, I met my new neighbor. When she invited me in for meat-filled pastelillos, fried golden and crisp, my whole life changed.

The morning after Thanksgiving is a prime time for reflecting on how the menu went—and maybe just a little bit of gossip.

Plus, Magnolia Bakery is entering the edibles arena, and we tried the green bean casserole flavor seltzer.

“Half of the fun of feeding myself as a medical student is trying to finesse as much free food as I can.”

Here’s what to donate—edible and nonedible items alike.

Plus, Joe Jonas sent Nathan Fielder a drink at a restaurant and received mayo in return, and we tried the EggoVac, a waffle-shaped vacuum.

FX’s hit TV series The Bear on Hulu has been renewed for a third season. Here’s what we know.

In his new book The Core of an Onion, Mark Kurlansky explores why onions make humans tear up—and the tricks we’ve tried in order to avoid it.

Plus, Cup Noodles are now microwavable (no, they were not before), and Robert De Niro once had a Nobu martini delivered to him at 11 p.m.

We asked five New York Marathon runners what they eat before, during, and after the race. Spoiler alert: lots of bagels.

At work, she tastes test samples of food formulas that her team develops. She also drinks a spoonful of apple cider vinegar in the morning and makes gluten-free pasta for lunch.