Personal Essays

    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
    Texas Cheese Ball

    How I Learned to Love The Texas Holiday Cheese Ball

    By MATT TAYLOR-GROSS
    Orange-Scented Olive Oil Cake

    When Baking with Olive Oil is Even Better Than Butter

    By IAN BURKE
    basque food

    How an Alabama Native Wound Up Writing Our Favorite Basque Cookbook

    By BENJAMIN KEMPER
    How Shabu-Shabu Connected Me to My Japanese Family

    How Shabu-Shabu Connected Me to My Japanese Family

    By KAI BURKHARDT

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