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In the last issue of this newsletter, I wrote about how incentives in real estate markets align to generate demand for restaurants from an unexpected d…
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This issue is about the connection between restaurants and real estate development in the United States. I’ve wanted to write something like this for a…
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As we get used to eating in restaurants again, we also, inevitably, get used to turning a blind eye to the problems of the industry again. Jaya Saxena …
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Hullo to readers old and new! This is a companion piece to something I published back in January, about the cost of hawker food in Singapore. I promise…
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Hullo to readers old and new! Sunday morning feels to me like the right time to read essays about food and society. I hope you agree. You can see all t…
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Hullo to readers old and new! If you’re just joining us from Substack’s What to Read, welcome, and I’m delighted that you’re here. This week’s essay as…
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Hullo to readers old and new. I’m working on a series about the economics and power dynamics of food in Singapore (where I grew up). The first of these…
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Hullo to readers old and new. This is yet another of my (mostly) weekly essays about food systems and food. This is not the place for the topics and ho…
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Hullo to readers old and new. I’m doing my best to eat non-stop in a Singapore that seems normal (to the extent that Singapore ever is) except for the …
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Hullo to readers old and new. I have been living in a hotel room in Singapore for two weeks. All in all, a remarkably restful experience, and a remarka…
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Hullo to readers old and new. Thank you for reading let them eat cake, a formerly-weekly newsletter about food systems and food, attempting to become w…
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So here we are in week number lots of lockdown in New York City. The parks are crowded and restaurants in Georgia are open, and I should have cracked l…
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