This Week’s Issue: Anthony Bourdain’s “One Day—and One Night—in the Kitchen at Les Halles”

Also in the Food & Drink archival issue: Joan Didion on Martha Stewart, Nora Ephron on when a sandwich is a work of art, and M. F. K. Fisher on gastronomic cravings. View in browser | Update your preferences This week’s issue is a feast of culinary delights spanning seven decades of The New Yorker’s history. You can check out the full issue online here. Annals of Gastronomy One Day—and One Night—in the Kitchen at Les Halles From 2000: For weekenders at the restaurant on Park Avenue South where I work as the chef, a saddle of wild hare stuffed with foie gras is not a good special. By Anthony Bourdain A Critic at Large Why We Wanted to Believe Martha Stewart’s Promises From 2000: By branding herself as Everywoman, Stewart made even her troubles an integral part of her success. By Joan Didion First Tastes A Sandwich From 2002: It’s soft but crispy, tender but chewy, peppery but sour, smoky but tangy. It’s a symphony orchestra. By Nora Ephron Take Out Take It or Leave It From 2013: Every New Yorker has heard a newly arrived British person grumble about tipping. By Zadie Smith Gastronomy Recalled Notes on Cravings From 1968: There is, in fantasizing about food, no saturation point, no moment at which the body must cry Help! By M. F. K. Fisher Popular Chronicles The Homesick Restaurant Run by Cuban Refugees From 1996: What’s the difference between the Centro Vasco in Havana and the one in Miami? Thirty-three years of dreaming. By Susan Orlean U.S. Journal Eating Crawfish in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana From 1972: There are crawfish all over the country, but outside of Louisiana they are all but ignored—lumps of clay lacking a sculptor. By Calvin Trillin Dept. of Gastronomy Save the Planet, Eat a Bug From 2011: Plentiful and protein-rich, insects are food in much of the world. Why not here? By Dana Goodyear First Tastes How Sea Urchin Tastes From 2002: I point to a bin and say that’s what I want—those split spiny spheres, like cracked-open meteorites. By Chang-rae Lee Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Books & Fiction Newsletter Book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs When Lean Cuisine Was New From 2000: Would you like the Fried-Butter Appetizer? Or is the Air Salad more to your liking? By Steve Martin Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for This Week's Issue from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.