Ruth Markiewicz // Swampscott, MA In the Kolchose[1] of the Soviet Union in the 1940s, each house had a kitchen … More
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Imbibing Pork in Andalucia
Jackie Lilinshtein // New York, NY As a student in Seville, I stayed with a very nice, welcoming and provincial … More
A Cross-Cultural Denny’s Breakfast
Ange Tran // Brooklyn, NY I used to be an overnight waitress at a twenty-four hour Denny’s in Portland, Maine—not … More
A Father’s Neurosis Challenged
Dayna Macy // Berkeley, CA And so I turned to food for comfort. Sausage is a food that seduces me. It’s … More
Tel Aviv’s Street of Sins
Dana // Tel Aviv I was walking down Shenkin street in Tel Aviv at around 5 pm on Saturday when … More
Romantic Hams of Tuscany
Eli // Ann Arbor, MI I was traveling through the Tuscan hills outside Florence – a foreign zip-code and a … More
Clandestine Kibbutz Prosciutto
Daniella Schmidt // Ann Arbor, MI I was 16 years old and just moved to Kibbutz Beit Hashita in the … More
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