Pocket’s Best of 2022: Food

No matter your preference, you’ve probably been disappointed by your own sandwiches versus the ones you order at a deli. Here’s why, plus tips on how to make a better tasting sandwich at home.

As the perils of cooking with gas become more apparent, there’s ever more reason for cooks to turn to these flameless, easy-to-clean ranges.

Pizza’s dominance on the international gastronomic stage hinges not on a glorious past rooted in antiquity so much as an anthropological phenomenon that has come to be known as the “pizza effect.”

Across large swaths of North America, an ancient fruit is growing wild but largely forgotten. However, a community of foodies, farmers and scientists is eagerly trying to change that.

Avocados might cost $20 a pop.

Marketed to meat lovers, plant-based burgers like Impossible and Beyond claim to taste like the real thing and to have far lighter environmental footprints. Here’s what the numbers have to say.

Pickle juice is one of humanity’s best inventions.

From secret menus to cost-saving app hacks, our desire to go beyond the menu is making restaurant workers’ lives hell.

American ignorance about the cuisine is flattening and hurtful.

The future of grocery shopping might just be a 100-year-old grocery chain with a cult following.

Explore the stories that defined the year, and the ones we’ll still be talking about in 2023. Plus, discover the best long reads, smart advice, and entertaining culture writing that Pocket readers loved this year.