Mango Sticky Rice Has Always Been My Summer Dessert
A generations-old family recipe that deserves all the hype.
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Join us at Little Island in NYC September 4–6
An Australian Walks into an Outback Steakhouse
Ruby Robina Saha visits America’s fantasy version of the Aussie frontier.
Good Food, Full Nude
Sophia June writes an ode to Acropolis, Portland's legendary strip club steakhouse before its doors close.
The Google Cafeteria at the End of the World
Tanya Bush heads to the heart of big tech to investigate the promise of a free lunch
We Won a James Beard Award!
Now what?
Six Orders of Foie Gras, for Research
NDA-risking testimony from a former plant-based food scientist who went carnivorous in the noble name of research.
The Last Cow
Sarah Thankam Mathews’ dystopian fiction piece on longing for something you’ve never had.
Was It Worth It?
Adam Dalva’s essay on Ozempic, grief, and the theater of all-you-can-eat dining.
We Made a Steak House
And made it into NYT Styles
What A Mess
Chef Brooks Headley on running a lacto-veggie restaurant in carnivorous NYC
Steak Zine Reading + Launch Party
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Finding the Cattle Queen
Steakhouse royalty, feminist icon, fungible tourism graphic—she deserves a proper title
Steak Zine Is Here!
Our newest publication is grade-A
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Plus a membership program with serious perks
The Invention of Summer
Xita Rubert on loneliness, grief, and the ways we recognize pieces of ourselves in strangers.
Call for Pitches: Spoiled Rotten
Our eighth issue is now open for pitches
This Will Make You Happy
An excerpt from our co-founder's narrative cookbook, out today.
Mulberry Nights Still Stain
Heather Radke on mulberries, midnight summers, and the sweetness that stains long after it’s gone.
Chocolate Mochi Cake with Thai Chili Ganache
Bring on the sweet heat.