Archive - Nosh Box

Unpacking the (racist? yeah) Trump Country Diner article trope

Issue 210: Plus, the savory, fudgy goodness that is Melinda Mae, a bloomy-rind cow's milk soft cheese from Connecticut.

Oct 26, 2020 •

The world is falling apart, so make your own ricotta cheese tonight

Issue 209: May the coagulating proteins in homemade ricotta be a metaphor for people joining forces to demand that America gets its shit together, I…

Oct 22, 2020 •

Why heat disparities will be the defining human rights issue of the coming years

Issue 208: And in news literally nobody asked for, Brad Leone is back in the BA Test Kitchen and it's... pretty painful. Plus, this week's dairy…

Oct 19, 2020 •

Don't miss conversations on Indigenous food sovereignty happening right now!

Issue 207: Plus, why aren't people in the Southwest eating more mesquite, an indigenous crop that's perfectly suited to grow in the desert?

Oct 12, 2020 •

What to do about the appalling food insecurity — and $50 vegetables — in Nunavut

Issue 206: In Canada's northernmost territory, where 83% of the population is Inuit, food insecurity is absurdly high, and traditional hunting is…

Oct 8, 2020 •

A TikTok farmer takes us inside the world of out-of-season onion storage

Issue 205: Plus, author Joe Berkowitz on the difficulty of separating cheese production from the meat industry. And stay tuned for my favorite cheese…

Oct 5, 2020 •

How to grapple with problematic progressive restaurants

Issue 204: A conversation with journalist Hannah Black about a Minneapolis restaurant whose outward values did not line up with its treatment of workers

Oct 1, 2020 •

September 2020

Tracking down the spices and specialty crops getting stuck at the border

Issue 203: The double whammy of COVID and post office disruptions comes for the food system once again. Plus, a shortage of patio heaters is gonna hurt…

Sep 29, 2020 •

Sohla El-Waylly's new cooking show succeeds because she's in creative control

Issue 202: “People just ate all the cheese they wanted to eat, and then they died.” — Sohla El-Waylly, 2020

Sep 24, 2020 •

Pick-your-own farms, agriculture as entertainment, and the pastoral fantasy

Issue 201: Two farm owners discuss how COVID-19 has impacted business this season and how pick-your-own morphed from exclusively agriculture into…

Sep 17, 2020 •

Apparently some people ate those Chinese mystery seeds, because everything is dumb

Issue 200: Like, they didn't even plant them first. Excuse me while I scream into the void. Plus, the Zachs at the University of Minnesota are uniting.

Sep 14, 2020 •

"The food's always there, and the food's always working"

Issue 199: A conversation with food researcher Ariana Gunderson on recreating food in pandemic literature and using vermouth to interrogate how we…

Sep 10, 2020 •

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