The Best American Food Writing 2019

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Flavors of space-time / Sam Anderson -- A kingdom from dust / Mark Arax -- The girls who fainted at the sight of an egg / Yemisi Aribisala -- Bean franks / Burkhard Bilger -- Salty tooth / Mark Binelli -- In the twin cities, Asian chefs feel the sting of Andrew Zimmern's insults. They say his apology isn't enough / Tim Carman -- The food of youth / Melissa Chadburn -- In Kotzebue, Alaska, hunters are bringing traditional foods -- and a sense of comfort -- to their local elders / Charlee Dyroff -- Why do poor American's eat so unhealthfully? Because junk food is the only indulgence they can afford / Priya Fielding-Singh -- The Maraschino mogul / Ian Frazier -- Black history at Harlem hops / Hannah Goldfield -- Hearts of corn -- the women of Yo'on Ixim / Kate Hill -- Do you eat dog? / Soleil Ho -- The life of a restaurant inspector : rising grades, fainting owners / Priya Krishna -- Sliced and diced : here's how Cornell scientist Brian Wansink turned shobby data into viral studies about how we eat / Stephanie M. Lee -- Hot wet goobers / Shane Mitchell -- Bison bars were supposed to restore native communities and grass-based ranches. Then came epic provisions / Marilyn Noble -- Big in Japan / Tejal Rao -- Anthony Bourdain and the power of telling the truth / Helen Rosner -- Food fight / Kathryn Schultz -- The gay man who brought tapas to America / Mayukh Sen -- The vegan race wars : how the mainstream ignores vegans of color / Kushbu Shah -- Sugartime / Ruby Tandoh -- I had never eaten in Ghana before. But my ancestors had / Michael W. Twitty -- On reading Jonathan Gold / Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft.