One Hundred Years of the Refrigerator
No longer "a brand new concept in luxurious living," as early advertisements described them, refrigerators have transformed our everyday lives.
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
The National School Lunch Program aims to deliver affordable and nutritious meals to our schoolchildren, but it usually only meets one of those goals.
The State of the Dinner: Commensality as a Political Instrument
We are almost never reluctant to share a drink with strangers, but sharing meals tends to be reserved for those to whom we wish to signal intimacy.