A brief foray into smuggling

I’ve never been through a border crossing before. Not really.

Snack Cart: The Nana Gee Rule

Snack Cart is a weekly newsletter of my favorite food writing from around the country.

The Nana Gee Rule is exceedingly simple. Two cocktails before dinner and you shouldn’t even look at the menu until you’ve ordered your second. She enforced it…

One of the harshest reviews I have ever read

The review everyone is talking about this week is by Jay Rayner at the Guardian. He travelled to Paris to dine at Le Cinq in the Four Seasons Hôtel George V. It was supposed to be just research, but the meal was so bafflingly terrible he ended up…

A house guest on the other side of the world

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. It’s an old saying, but old…

A brief bit of blatant self-promotion

I am moving to New York City at the end of the month. While this is very exciting for me personally, professionally, and culinarily (I’m coming for you, Queens Night Market), the next few weeks will be packed. Knowing myself, I’m not going to give the newsletter…

This French frozen food company is selling Ghostbusters marshmallows

Welcome to Snack Cart! We’re back on a more regular schedule. While feedback was mixed and clearly logistics are tough, I’m going to keep the newsletter a Friday affair for now. Since I’m mostly scanning local…

Snack Cart: Long reads on fast food, a walk through Chicago’s Chinatown, and a Syrian grandmother in Staten Island

Welcome to Snack Cart! I’ve loaded up the cart with the best food writing from across America. Hopefully, you’ll find something to…

Snack Cart: Nduja, Best New York Restaurants of 2016, and Chicken Wings

Snack Cart is a weekly newsletter of my favorite food writing from around the country.

Thrillist, which sneakily does some of the best food writing on the Internet, has a long story…