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Highlights from NYT Magazine Food & Drink Issue

Highlights from NYT Magazine Food & Drink Issue

Last week’s edition of The New York Times Magazine was the annual Food & Drink issue, with articles and features dedicated to subjects including health, policy, drinks, cooking, etiquette, curiosities and more.

Perspectives on food security issues could be found among the answers to policy questions, including:

  • “What’s an abundant food source that we haven’t developed a taste for?”
  • “How far do food stamps go in feeding a family of four?”

NYT contributing writer Michael Pollan’s answers to reader’s questions addressed issues as varied as:

  • “What will our food system look like in 100 years?”
  • “How do we take into account cultural difference when telling people what they ‘should’ be eating?”
  • “What must government do to make healthful food as affordable as it evil counterpart?”
  • …and more

Image information: First photo of food ever taken, by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
Image credit: Niépce House Museum