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What makes a culinary hero? What makes a culinary hero?

Michel Bras was just another chef I was supposed to respect, until I realized why
  • Welcome to Salon Food!

    Dig in: Stories and ideas for foodies, home ec rejects and everyone in between
  • Gourmet was for the young and scrappy, too

    Media coverage has tarred Ruth Reichl's magazine as elite and stuffy. But it was so much richer than that
  • Eat the weeds

    Ready for nettles and dandelions on your plate? Langdon Cook talks foraging, the next (cheap!) step in local food
  • The paradox of Norman Borlaug

    The father of the Green Revolution is dead. Can his heirs continue to pull off feed-the-world science magic tricks?
  • Opening our Kitchen Cabinet

    Obama may not have a Secretary of the Tasty yet, but we do. A bunch of them
  • The jiggle is back

    Jell-O is cheap, versatile and ridiculously fun. Could there be a more perfect food for a battered economy?
  • Big Think: Expert nutritionist Dr. David Katz

    The Yale researcher discusses why society has created high-calorie cravings and how to normalize our diets
  • "Julie & Julia"

    Meryl Streep's gleeful performance as the beloved cook goes beyond imitation. She is the Julia Child of our dreams
  • Is Nora Ephron the foodiest filmmaker?

    The director of "Julie & Julia" opens up about her great passion, on-screen and off: Food
  • How cooking makes you a man

    Anthropologist Richard Wrangham has a provocative theory on human evolution. It starts with food and an open flame
  • I want my girlfriend back

    I showed up unannounced in Asia to try to reconcile: Now she wants no contact!
  • Joe Stiglitz's last minute White House party invite

    The economist doesn't think Obama dinners are the best way to make policy. His record gives him the right to carp
  • Can it!

    I leapt on the new craze for pickling and preserving. Is it a money saver in a busted economy -- or a luxury craft?
  • I do not eat rice cakes and salad

    An ode to the joys of not enjoying "chick food"
  • It's time to stand up for homemade potato salad

    Come on, people, it's not that hard to make. Do you really think we can't tell the difference?
  • Why we can't eat just one

    We do it for the buzz. Like drug addicts. How do we stop the constant craving?
  • Summer reading: True confessions

    Recommended memoirs for your beach book list, from an Italian idyll to a childhood spent trying to be black.
  • Don't flush that fertilizer!

    Normal ecosystems use and reuse critical nutrients like phosphorus. But humans aren't normal
  • Ask the pilot

    Do pilots have a "romper room"? Do they fly the same routes over and over? Those questions and more
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