Thanksgiving
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Terrence Malick’s Thanksgiving Masterpiece November 28, 2024
Thanksgiving is unique among American holidays because it’s not simply political, like Independence Day, which belongs only to Americans, nor simply a religious celebration shared among all Christians, like Christmas or Easter. It’s a mix of the two,...
Why Thanksgiving Is My Favorite Holiday November 28, 2024
When I had only lived in the United States for a couple of months, I met a new acquaintance for coffee. We had a nice conversation about literature and grad school, about New York City and smoked fish. As I was taking my leave, she off-handedly asked...
Such Painful Mystery November 28, 2024
There’s a scene in Éric Rohmer’s film The Green Ray in which the young heroine, Delphine, tries to explain to her dinner companions why she doesn’t eat meat. It’s because she prefers the lightness of lettuce, her body’s affinity with the airiness of ...
The Napkin Project (Thanksgiving Edition) November 27, 2024
In 2007, Esquire mailed 250 cocktail napkins to writers across the country with this request: Fill the blank space with fiction. We received nearly 100 napkin stories and published them all as part of the Napkin Project....
On Killing Turkeys November 25, 2024
The man walking toward me was splattered with blood. His forearms were stained a pale magenta, his cheeks spattered with red flecks. The crumpled hide of a deer lay in a heap against the wall of the building behind him. Skinny hooved legs stuck out o...
25 Most Important Recipes of the Past 100 Years November 21, 2024
When we initially reached out to scores of chefs, recipe writers, historians, and food luminaries for nominations for their most important American recipes of the past 100 years—Which written recipes were the most influential, pivotal, or transformat...
