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Trends

Using ChatGPT to Order? You’re Not Alone (Unfortunately)

A majority of Americans are now using AI chatbots on a regular basis. It was inevitable that they'd make their way into restaurants.

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 27 Aug 2026

There Was No Greater Champion For Working-Class People Than Dolly Parton, and the Food She Loved Was Proof

Newsletters

There Was No Greater Champion For Working-Class People Than Dolly Parton, and the Food She Loved Was Proof

By Amy McCarthy

/ 26 Aug 2026

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News

This Michelin Awards Ceremony Could've Been an Email

By Amy McCarthy

/ 25 Aug 2026

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From The Founders

Feed the Bird and Help Us Soar

By Ravenous Staff

/ 24 Aug 2026

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Report

ICE Picked Up a Chicago Chef and His Wife On His Way From the World Cup Final. Now, He's Imagining His Future From Inside a Detention Center.

By Ashok Selvam

/ 21 Aug 2026

Labor

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Newsletters

AI Is Fucking Over Freelancers

By Jaya Saxena

/ 2 Aug 2026

Newsletters

Summer Is for Unions

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 22 Jul 2026

Labor

A World-Class Food Scene Requires Street Food Vendors

By Ashok Selvam

/ 14 Jun 2026

Newsletters

UPDATE: Attaboy Union Accuses Bar Management of Firing Worker in Retaliation For Organizing

By Jaya Saxena

/ 29 May 2026

Newsletters

Crumbs Are All That Remain in Corporate Food Media

By Frances Dumlao

/ 27 May 2026

Restaurants

Four women in a painting serve tea in low light. In the bottom left corner, a feminine-looking robot is pasted onto the painting.

Trends

Using ChatGPT to Order? You’re Not Alone (Unfortunately)

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 27 Aug 2026

Restaurants

Restaurant Week Is Good, Actually

By Jaya Saxena

/ 30 Jul 2026

Pop Culture

'The Bear' Saw the Starman Cometh and Taketh

By Ashok Selvam

/ 22 Jul 2026

Newsletters

America’s Immigrants Are Fire

By Ashok Selvam

/ 15 Jul 2026

Restaurants

You Can Probably Have a Totally Normal Vacation in Waco, Texas

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 12 Jul 2026

Essay

A metal sign reading "noma" covered in sticker

Newsletters

We've Gotten Enough Out of Noma

By Jaya Saxena

/ 19 Aug 2026

Essay

I’m In The Sandwich Generation. Am I Even Allowed to Eat Bread?

By Ashok Selvam

/ 18 Aug 2026

Report

Eating Like a Seashore Goth in Brighton

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 6 Aug 2026

What's Your Beef?

I Am Completely Exhausted by Restaurant 'Experiences'

By Jaya Saxena

/ 14 Jul 2026

Essay

My Picky Kids Made Me a Better Eater

By Frances Dumlao

/ 25 Jun 2026

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Add These Ravenous-Approved Books to Your Reading List

Do you like books? Are you one of the people who actually read at least one book (or 50) each year? Great news: Ravenous has an online bookstore and some recommendations for you.

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 28 Aug 2026

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Here's What Reporting From the Front Lines of America's Brutal Immigration Crackdown Really Looks Like

A behind-the-scenes look at Ravenous's reporting.

By Ashok Selvam

/ 23 Aug 2026

A photo collage of ICE agents, an anti-ICE flier, and a Chicago bar.

One Bonkers Day Eating Every State Fair of Texas Food

Truly, the most interesting part of the Fair is the people who come back year after year to enter the food contest.

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 20 Aug 2026

Big Tex, the official mascot of the State Fair of Texas, holds his hand out towards a platter of this year's Best Savory food winner, the Burger Chop tacos.

We've Gotten Enough Out of Noma

Fine dining, and to an extent pop culture, would not look the way it does today without Noma. But who cares?

By Jaya Saxena

/ 19 Aug 2026

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I’m In The Sandwich Generation. Am I Even Allowed to Eat Bread?

Growing older and being around food is no picnic.

By Ashok Selvam

/ 18 Aug 2026

A collage on a green banana leaf with an hour glass, black bowl with flora; a tattooed person holding a raw steak, and a hand pouring a glass of wine.

The Restorative Power Of a Really Great Restaurant

How one meal at Saint Claire in New Orleans cured (most of) my restaurant cynicism.

By Amy McCarthy

/ 16 Aug 2026

A spread of oysters on ice in a platter with a decorative rim, plus a cocktail, crystal condiment cups, and a side of fries with aioli.