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A collection of the year’s top food and travel writing, selected by the trailblazing New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated host of Taste the Nation and Top Chef Padma Lakshmi.“Food and travel are natural companions,” writes guest editor Padma Lakshmi. From this pairing comes “the possibility of seeing anew, of examining how we make and assign meaning.” The powerful personal narratives in this year’s Best American Food and Travel Writing circle the world—from Dakar in Senegal, to Michoacán in south-central Mexico, to the Camino de Santiago in Spain—and deepen our understanding of our place in it. An ode to the American grilled cheese spurs the desire to find beauty in the smallest daily activities. An obsessive odyssey for the perfect Chinese food blossoms into a heart-wrenching search for a lost childhood. Bold and insightful, joyful and moving, this collection of literary essays celebrates the experiences that connect us all.The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024 includes C PAM ZHANG • LIGAYA MISHAN • KIESE LAYMON • MARIAN BULL • MAYUKH SEN • BEN TAUB • AND OTHERSThis unforgettable anthology explores the intersection of food, culture, and memory:Global Storytelling: Journey from Dakar to south-central Mexico and the Camino de Santiago in Spain, exploring the powerful connection between place and plate.Acclaimed Voices: Experience the year's best writing, curated by guest editor Padma Lakshmi, host of Taste the Nation and Top Chef.Unexpected Connections: Discover how an ode to the American grilled cheese can reveal the beauty in daily life, and how a quest for the perfect Chinese food can become a search for a lost childhood.More Than a Meal: Go beyond recipes and reviews with insightful essays that delve into identity, family, grief, and the experiences that connect us all.

“These stories remind us that food is not just fuel, nor is travel just movement,” writes Bryant Terry in his introduction. “They are acts of remembrance, resistance, and connection.” The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025 embodies this wisdom, offering an incredible range of stories that refine and revitalize our relationship to taste, place, and the narratives that we build around them. From tracing the history and endurance of heirloom Laotian rice to investigating how foraging is transforming a city’s restaurant culture, to meditating on the significance of Indigenous communities reclaiming their ancestral lands, these works reveal how food and travel are never simply about what’s on the plate or where we go—they are about history, identity, and the power of storytelling itself.THE BEST AMERICAN FOOD AND TRAVEL WRITING 2025 INCLUDES: MELISSA BRODER • LIGAYA MISHAN • JEFF GORDINIER • REEM KASSIS • KAYLA STEWART • LEE ANDERSON • AND OTHERS

A collection of the year’s best food and travel writing, selected by renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés.The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected—and most popular—of its kind.José Andrés—Michelin-starred chef, entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, and tireless humanitarian leader across the globe—selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the genre published this year.

This dad-centric satire looks like a real magazine (complete with fake ads, subscription deals, and letters to the editor), but in fact it's a hilarious and heartfelt satire of fatherhood in twenty first-century America. With hard-hitting feature reporting (What's Up with the Neighbor's Lawn? We Investigate), in-depth lifestyle articles (Buying Shoes on eBay: A Guide), fashion tips (Rumpled Brown Suit: Who Wore It Best), handy how-tos (A Visual Guide to Packing the Car), and insightful opinion pieces (These Smoke Detectors Are Too Damn Sensitive, If You Ask Me), this is the perfect faux periodical for dads of every age, facial-hair style, and sandals/socks combo. Photos, illustrations, and hilarious advertisements throughout showcase all the frustrations, failures, and funny moments that make up the face of modern fatherhood.

In Basic Witches, readers will discover how to tap into their inner sorceress and channel the dark arts for everything from cluttered apartments to dating disasters. Want to enhance your attractiveness? Pick the right power color of eyeshadow and project otherworldly glamour. Need to exorcise a toxic friendship? Say the right symbolic curse and banish it from your life. Need to boost your self-confidence? Whip up a tasty herbal potion to strengthen your inner resolve. Plus historical and pop culture sidebars that situate the new witchcraft trend within a broader context. With humor, heart, and a hip modern sensibility, journalists Jaya Saxena and Jess Zimmerman dispense witchy wisdom for the curious, the cynical, and anyone who could use a magical boost to get through the day. This ain t your grandma s grimoire!