Body
Ask For Something Sweet
content warning: weight and eating issues Pie or cake? he asks. Cake, you say. He raises his eyebrows. The next afternoon, …
The Life of Lorimer
Lorimer was a zesty youth. His baker made him with lemon rind and bitter vanilla. The lemon was shriveled and white-yellow …
On Being Human
Vignettes in healthcare mismanagement
Case Study #1: Pills for Stomach Aches It is almost six o’clock when Ms. A finds her heels dragging themselves lifelessly …
Fight to Table
A Pittsburgh international eatery and its politics
Dawn Weleski is a Pittsburgher. She talks fast and with a purpose, was “raised on pierogis and pulaski noodles,” and has …
Baked
Because bread is fundamental
There is a dichotomy surrounding bread, and this is especially true in the United States. Cultures all across the globe consume …
Slips
Getting dressed with glamour
The first piece of clothing I ever really loved was a calf-length dress I would now call slip-inspired. It didn't look …
Grave Goods
The possessions of the passed
Last month I called my grandma hoping to plan a trip up to Gladstone, Michigan to visit her for Easter. At …
Lessons on Corporeal Grammar
There’s something unfailingly secure about reciting charts of conjugated verbs. Something about the rhythm, the way everything seems to fit neatly …
Bread, Slowly, Painstakingly
I’ve started talking about bread like some people talk about finding a particularly inspiring spinning instructor. Nobody talks about finding religion, …
Kebab a ČÍna
Veganism, multiculturalism, and culinary tradition in the Czech Republic
On a Saturday afternoon in the Czech city of Brno, my friend and I sat inside Forky’s, a vegan restaurant, shoveling …
Eat Up
Thoughts on the body horror of Raw
content warning: gore, eating disorder Before it hit the US, Julia Ducournau’s debut film Raw generated early buzz for its allegedly …