"New American," "fusion," and the endless, liberating challenge of describing American food right now (from Bon Appétit) / Navneet Alang -- The science of savoring (from Saveur) / Betsy Andrews -- The gay roots of (ugh) Friendsgiving (from Shifting the food narrative) / John Birdsall -- Orange is the new yolk (from Eater) / Marian Bull -- India's beef with beef (from The Baffler) / Sharanya Deepak -- The hungry jungle (from Outside magazine) / Melissa Johnson -- Notable sandwiches #75: grilled cheese (from The sword and the sandwich) / Talia Lavin -- My favorite restaurant served gas (from Bitter southerner) / Kiese Laymon -- Our daily ceeb (from Orion) / Jori Lewis -- Tell me why the watermelon grows (from Switchyard) / Jori Lewis -- Taste the feeling (from T: the New York Times style magazine) / Ligaya Mishan -- My Catalina (from 12th Street) / Karen Resta -- Forbidden fruit (from Harper's) / Alexander Sammon -- In the West Bank, Palestinians preserve grapes and tradition (from Eater) / Adam Sella -- Meet America's godmother of tofu (from Atlas obscura) / Mayukh Sen -- The butchering (from Emergence) / Jake Skeets -- From blackout to Bakhmut (from Cake zine) / Felicity Spector -- The Titan submersible was "an accident waiting to happen" (from The New Yorker) / Ben Taub -- Unsafe passage (from The New Yorker) / Mosab Abu Toha -- Numinous strangers (from Harper's) / Lisa Wells -- How things disappear (from Everyday drinking) / Jason Wilson -- Eating badly (from Esquire) / C. Pam Zhang.