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Illustration of a couple sitting at a restaurant table in front of a blue sky–printed curtain. The curtain is slightly pulled back as a waiter emerges; behind it is the inner workings of a restaurant kitchen.
Business / September/October 2020

Is Dining Out Dead?

July 23, 2020August 21, 2020 - by Corey Mintz

Some experts predict that 60 percent of restaurants won’t survive the lockdown. Here’s what chefs, owners, and their employees are doing to stay alive

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Terra Cognita

The Hungry People

June 29, 2020July 23, 2020 - by Robert Jago

Europeans like to go on about the innovations colonizers brought to the Americas. But what of the innovations they took away?

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illustration of woman at grocery store
Business / March 2020

Why Grocery Shopping Is on Its Way Out

February 20, 2020August 16, 2020 - by Corey Mintz

Digital convenience is beating out daily chores like running to the store—but leaving us lonelier in the process

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News about The Walrus

Corey Mintz wins the 2019 Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism for “Land of Plenty”

January 30, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

The Walrus proudly announces the winner of the 2019 Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism

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An aerial shot of a table laden with dishes of food, and several pairs of hands reaching across to serve and eat the food.
Society

A Future Without Butter

December 4, 2019December 10, 2019 - by Lenore Newman

Ecological collapse is threatening food systems that have existed for centuries

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Several candy bars, partially unwrapped and bitten, against a purple background.
Society

Why We Get Nostalgic About Junk Food

December 2, 2019December 10, 2019 - by Emily Baron Cadloff

Modern diets are obsessed with nutrition. But there’s a reason we crave our childhood favourites

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April 2019 / Society

How Do You Save Four Million Canadians From Hunger?

March 6, 2019August 22, 2019 - by Raizel Robin

Empty refrigerators, skipped meals, and famished kids are all signs of a broken economy. To fix it we need to start thinking of food as a human right

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Illustrated dinner table full of food
Arts & Culture / Books / January/February 2019

Let the Latest Joe Beef Cookbook Guide You to Gluttony

December 19, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Shannon Tien

The Montreal restaurateurs have crafted extravagant recipes for the coming apocalypse

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A man holds his young daughter back from approaching a rabbit that holds a bucket of Easter eggs. Behind the rabbit is a large pumpkin full of candy, with candy corn strewn around them.
Health / November 2018

How I Saved My Kids From Sugar

October 30, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Yoni Freedhoff

The overconsumption of sugar has became a normal part of our culture. Here’s a recipe for fighting back

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Avocado and toasts
Current Affairs

How NAFTA Changed the Way We Eat

September 6, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Corey Mintz

Millennials may have popularized avocado toast, but free trade made it a sensation

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