Spent an afternoon with Despot in Queens and Yonkers, talking rumors and eating heroes in Spaghetti Park grubstreet.com/2022/07/despot…

BREAKING: the famous wild jaguar named El Jefe who lived in Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains from 2011-2015 has reappeared through remote camera detection 7 years later in central Sonora, Mexico. He has traveled hundreds of miles & crossed the border twice.

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They asked me to write about the Queen. Includes Larkin, post-coloniality, Derek Jarman, the Sex Pistols and commemorative coins nytimes.com/2022/09/11/opi…

When journalists say stuff like this, I wonder who exactly they imagine their audience to be?

George Booth was one of the greatest cartoonists of all time. He passed away last night at the age of 96, six days after Dione Booth, his wife of 64 years. My deepest condolences to their wonderful daughter Sarah.

Alain Sailhac, who died on November 28 after a long illness, will be remembered for his legacy as a chef and craftsman who possessed a unique flair for nurturing talent. Hugh Merwin writes grubstreet.com/article/alain-…

King's friends were his family. A GoFundMe has been started in his name to support his wife and children. Please consider donating. gofundme.com/f/yk7pwc-the-f… King Phojanakong

King was generous with his talent and his spirit. It might be cliche to describe someone as cooking with heart, but that's the exact thing he did.

I’ve spent the last 9 1/2 years at Eater doing work I’m immensely proud of. Today is my last day, since I’ve been affected by the layoffs at Vox. I’m also 37 weeks pregnant

Judith Heumann is now a disabled ancestor ✨ Here’s an interview w/ Judy for my podcast on mentorship disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2018/10/07/ep-… And Judy interviewed me for her podcast The Heumann Perspective youtu.be/MopiXOeIUHM #DisabilityTwitter #CripTheVote #DisabilityRights

Lamentamos informarles del sensible fallecimiento del Dr. Jerzy #Rzedowski Hasta sus 96 años, escribió 7 libros, 47 capítulos, 130 artículos, 31 fascículos. Colectó >54 mil ejemplares y publicó 188 #especiesnuevas, la última en 2022. Descanse en paz, El Botánico del Milenio.

We are Tibetan leaders & activists writing to address the media storm surrounding His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Language, culture, and context define how people view any given situation. #IStandWithDalaiLama tibetaction.net/2023/04/14/we-…

A decade ago, pastry chef Dominique Ansel learned there is no playbook for inventing a pastry so popular that grownups fight each other to get one. gothamist.com/food/the-cronu…

Joey Lim, a 39-year-old IT specialist, has tried every single flavor of cronut over the past 10 years. To celebrate the milestone, he talked to Hugh Merwin about the city’s Cronut decade and how the treat has changed over the years grubstreet.com/2023/05/domini…

Sam Gross, who died Saturday, pushed cartooning into beautifully weird and hilarious directions. The “try our frogs’ legs” gag is always amazing; here are a few more great ones.

An obit I wrote for Grub Street on the chef Alain Sailhac is part of The Best American Food Writing 2023, out October 17 Mariner Books. Thank you to Mark Bittman and Silvia Killingsworth. I'm thrilled to be in the company of such wonderful writers and thinkers. harpercollins.com/products/best-…

We received this heartbreaking email by someone who was falsely accused of using "AI" to generate an essay & got a ZERO on their assignment. How many people's lives are being ruined like this? This should be unacceptable. Are there any journalists investigating stuff like this?