
Why Is Tinned Fish ‘Hot Girl Food’ Now?

What is clear, when the enormity of life and death is reduced to a question of thinness and fatness, is that it’s not really about health at all.
Ruby Tandoh • Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want
Just as my friend Bethany is accused of ‘glorifying obesity’ just for having the gumption to exist without shame, Lindy describes being harangued with the same question – ‘isn’t this a slippery slope into poor health?’ – every time she asserts her humanity as a fat woman. As she puts it: ‘The question itself is an assault: it validates the idea tha
... See moreRuby Tandoh • Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want
The internet certainly played its part. As we spend increasing hours buried in our computers the very fact that food can't be consumed virtually gives it a special resonance. You can, of course, post pictures of what you’re eating - people do that by the millions - but that’s no substitute for the scent of onions caramelizing in butter, the sound o... See more
Food Writing Grows Up
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