Meghan McCarron
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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The Touchscreen Sacrament of the Wawa Hoagie
The cult of Wawa extends far beyond what’s usual for a regional chain. But for me, what makes it truly great is how it represents the best of what Philadelphia has to offer. → Read More
Restaurants and the People Who Work in Them Need a Bailout. Let’s Finally Give Them One.
As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to close restaurants across the country, the federal government needs to step in → Read More
How Lesbian Bars Are Surviving a Pandemic
As few as 16 lesbian bars remain in the United States, and their owners are fighting with all they have to make it through → Read More
The ‘New Normal’ for Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Normal at All
A viral photo of young people drinking on a restaurant patio during a protest reveals two Americas with different visions of what "going back to normal" would look like → Read More
The Easiest Recipes and Techniques for Beginner Cooks
So you’re cooking more than ever because of stay-at-home recommendations during COVID-19. Here are the easiest recipes to get started, from basics like eggs and pasta to instructions for how to make roast chicken and soup — and what to do with beans. → Read More
So Everyone’s Googling ‘Bread’ Now
The trend of quarantine baking means searches for "bread" hit an all-time high this week → Read More
Every Instant Pot Owner Should Be Cooking With Dried Beans
With pressure cookers in more and more home kitchens and beloved services like Rancho Gordo’s Bean Club dispensing dried heirloom beans, the humble legume is a having a moment → Read More
The Death and Life of America’s Lesbian Bars
The lack of a lesbian bar in Los Angeles, America’s second-largest city, is a big, flashing warning sign. Enter the Fingerjoint. → Read More
Pete Buttigieg Ate Practically Everything at the Iowa State Fair
In the span of four hours, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg put down a root beer float, a pork chop on a stick, a smoked bacon ball BLT, fried Oreos, and more — then washed it all down with chocolate milk → Read More
What Will Los Angeles Do Without Jonathan Gold?
The vision of the city that he championed — an equitable, multicultural, multiracial democracy — is one we must fight for → Read More
Why Are We Still Failing Female Chefs?
Food media often erases women from their own stories → Read More
Tex Mex Is Actually More Important to Texans Than Barbecue
Texans will spend hours on a weekend lining up for barbecue, but Tex-Mex is what they’re eating for breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily → Read More
When Male Chefs Fear the Specter of ‘Women’s Work’
The fiction that men cook in restaurants and women cook at home drives inequality → Read More
Why We Always Ended Up at Friendly's
Remembering a dad, a divorce, and weeknights filled with fried cheese and ice cream → Read More
The Queerest Little Coffee Shop in LA
What happens when a cafe cares more about its community than about fancy drinks? → Read More
The 24 Best Longform Food Stories of 2016
Clear your calendar. You’ve got reading to do. → Read More
The Legendary Ted Chiang on Seeing His Stories Adapted for the Screen and the Ever-Expanding… —
The Legendary Ted Chiang on Seeing His Stories Adapted for the Screen and the Ever-Expanding Popularity of Science Fiction Meghan McCarron Interviews the Sci-Fi Master Photo credit Arturo VillarrubiaWithin the world of science fiction, Ted Chiang is legendary. He’s won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, and a staggering number of other honors, all for a body of work numbering about fifteen… → Read More
Here's Every Spring 2016 Cookbook That Matters
While winter and spring are a quieter time than fall for overall releases, there's still plenty of great new books to cook from, peruse, and enjoy. Both kale goddess Gwyneth Paltrow and fried chicken goddess Chrissy Teigen drop cookbooks that promise to accelerate the union between celebrity and food culture. Basque, Nordic, and Korean cuisine all get dedicated cookbooks from well-known chefs.… → Read More
To Live and Die in L.A. (Again)
In the summer of 2005, I moved to Los Angeles. In the summer of 2006, I left. In the summer of 2015, I moved to Los Angeles again. I wish this were some tidy story about striving and exile and ... → Read More
The Future of American Dining is Fancy Chains
2015 was the year that proved it. → Read More