Best Food Writing 2016

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For sixteen years, this annual anthology has served up the cream of each year's crop of food writing. The 2016 edition continues the tradition with a dynamic mix of writers, from seasoned journalists and authors to star chefs and up-and-coming bloggers. Provocative journalism, intriguing profiles, moving memoir, and more'Best Food Writing 2016 hits the spot for the foodie in all of us. Brooklyn is everywhere / John Birdsall -- On chicken tenders / Helen Rosner -- In praise of ugly food / Kat Kinsman -- How to dupe a moderately ok food critic / Luke Tsai -- Three-ring meal : the grasping novelty of modern dining / Jennifer Cockrall-King -- Sorry, Blue Apron, the joys of cooking can't fit in a box / Corby Kummer -- Quitting season / Debbie Weingarten -- The true story of good coffee / Matt Buchanan -- Getting drunk on tea infusions with Montreal's underground connoisseurs / Rowan Jacobsen -- The great bourbon taste test / Wells Tower -- The case for bad coffee / Keith Pandolfi -- Blending in / Steve Hoffman -- The servant problem / Toni Tipton-Martin -- Chained to the stove : what it's really like to write a cookbook / Jessica Battilana -- The epiphany that turned me into a good baker / Kathy Gunst -- Zahav vs. The Food Lab / Phyllis Grant -- What it's like to cook with Dominque Crenn / Daniel Duane -- Pile of Goop / Kathleen Purvis -- Moving kitchen / Laura Donohue -- The meaning of mangoes / Dianne Jacob -- The millionaire's turkey : a father-daughter story / Betsy Andrews -- Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash / Besha Rodell -- Mom's meatballs / Victoria Pesce Elliott -- Kummerspecks / Michael Procopio -- Butchering London / Chris Newens -- Charred and feathered / Brian Kevin -- Ya-Ka-Mein : old sober / L. Kasimu Harris -- Hot sauce in her bag / Mikki Kendall -- Glori-fried and glori-fied / Alice Randall -- Everyday sacred : a personal path to gumbo / Pableaux Johnson -- The American diner at age 143 / Max Ufberg -- Penn Station's Underground Raw Bar / Tove Danovich -- Table for one / James Nolan -- Dinner and deception / Edward Frame -- The hunger games / Howie Kahn -- Eating and drinking in Mexico City : a diary / Todd Kliman -- Bo Bech discovers the bounty of Virginia / Jason Tesauro -- Smoke signals / Julia Kramer -- Why serious bakers have mother issues / Andrea Strong -- Cooks are different / Michael Ruhlman -- Rites of the Caquelon / Tim Neville -- The chef who saved my life / Brett Martin -- Sonoko dreams of Sobo / Francis Lam -- So long, menus Hello, pots and pans / Pete Wells -- Dinner party diaries / Andrew Sean Greer -- Churnin' / Carol Penn-Romine -- The breakfast club / Rachel Levin -- Filter fish / Oliver Sacks.