Personal Essays

    Chef Jill Mathias, seen through the kitchen window at Charleston’s Chez Nous.

    Best Thing I Ate This Month: Springtime Artichokes at Charleston’s Chez Nous

    By STEPHANIE BURT
    The Professional

    The Professional

    By PASCALE LE DRAOULEC
    The Profile: Mark Isreal of Doughnut Plant

    The Profile: Mark Isreal of Doughnut Plant

    By GABRIELLA GERSHENSON
    Author Eric Kim’s mother, Jean (left) with her two older sisters in Jeonju, Korea, in the 1960s; Jean’s mother, Gesun Kim, photographed around the same time; Kim’s father, Ki (in striped shirt), outside his family’s Seoul home in the late 1950s.

    Ganjang Gejang: A Dish You Only Make for Someone You Love

    By ERIC KIM
    Author Catherine Tillman Whalen (far left, “blood”), her three children (Jack, second from left, “lice”; her daughter, second from right, “darkness”; her younger son, far right, “frogs”) and their “plus one”, Ava (center, “wild animals”) don masks representing a few of the ten plagues on Egypt.

    Seder in The Time of Corona

    By CATHERINE TILLMAN WHALEN
    James Edisto Mitchell in Paris, 1950

    My Father’s French Onion Soup

    By SHANE MITCHELL
    Palm Beach Brownies with Chocolate-Covered Mints

    Former Assistant Editor Catherine Tillman Whalen on the Highs and Lows of a Saveur Apprenticeship

    By SAVEUR EDITORS
    Saveur 25th Anniversary

    Saveur’s 25th Anniversary: Memories and Stories from Former Staff

    By SAVEUR EDITORS
    Guests sitting at table at holiday meal.

    How to Throw a Fancy French Holiday Dinner Party for a Crowd

    By REBEKAH PEPPLER
    Magic Mushrooms

    Magic Mushrooms

    By LARRY NIGHSWANDER
    The First Time I Tried French Fries

    The First Time I Tried French Fries

    Cookie Salad Country, U.S.A.

    Cookie Salad Country, U.S.A.

    By MOLLY YEH
    Dinner Party Diaries

    Dinner Party Diaries

    By ANDREW SEAN GREER
    ukranian chicken liver pie

    Learning to Love a Ukrainian Chicken Liver Pie

    By BORIS FISHMAN
    Diners sharing fufu dish

    Can a Blind Dinner Date Help Bring Down Border Walls?

    By ALLIE WIST
    carrot roots

    Squeezing Flavor, Variety, and Character from Roots

    By SHANE MITCHELL

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