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When Fine Dining Is a Horror Show

Amy McCarthy Eater
“Food really puts us on the spot in terms of making us perform for those around us who will, or at least we think will, be judging us based on how and what we eat,” says Adam Lowenstein, the author of Horror Film and Otherness.

The Insurrectionists Were Right

Alison Luterman Rattle
Seeking explanations for the rise of the insurrectionist right, California poet Alison Luterman turns the story to what has been stolen from the old America and lost.

The Double Life of New York’s Oyster King

Briona Lamback Atlas Obscura
Thomas Downing’s Oyster House opened in 1825 in the heart of the financial district. Not only did Downing turn oysters into a delicacy, but he was also the first to dish out fine dining.