The Inquisitive Eater

03/07/2023

What food literature are you consuming these days?
Editor-in-Chief suggests “Dirt” by .buford: “If you are into escapist food prose, and the fantasy of being shamed in French by the culinary greats, this piece of immersive food journalism is for you. The true star of the show is Buford’s wife, Jessica Green, who (pardon my French) gets s**t done.”

02/22/2023

“The inside of their fridge was a study in both conflict avoidance and American abundance.”

New fiction by .z.nyc, on the site now.

01/19/2023

“The only telepathy we knew of was s*x.
You had my face. & my heart.”

New poem by kristin withers on the site today!

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01/14/2023

Today on the site: a stunning non-fiction piece by that explores religion, community, and bread.

12/10/2022

Does everyone fall in love
with their brother-in-law?
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Spicy new poem up!

12/05/2022

New poem up!

11/11/2022

Today on The Inquisitive Eater: takes us into the liminal space of dine-in Taco Bell.

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11/04/2022

Pregnancy puts your diet under a public microscope.

In “Digesting While Gestating,” grapples with the contradictions of pregnancy’s food “rules.”

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11/02/2022

Feeling Wicked?

Today on the site: An interview with founders and .this.make.me.happy discussing their newest issue, “Wicked Cake.”

If you are a fan of witches, cake as a weapon, and “diet” dessert PTSD, this is for you.

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10/31/2022

The Inquisitive Eater relaunch is here!

Halloween felt like a fitting day to start unleashing all the weird, funny, and thought-provoking content we have in store. We are excited to share some of the essays, fiction, poetry and visual art we have in the pipeline.

We offer our thoughts on this new season of The Inquisitive Eater in our “Letter from the Editors.”

Keep submitting. We are ready for more.

01/30/2019

I love this series. Thank you, Nicole Loy!

Madge McKeithen began teaching nonfiction writing at the New School in 2006, shortly after completing her MFA in the low-residency program at Queens University in Charlotte, NC, and publishing her first book (Blue Peninsula, 2006. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux).  She has taught courses on the poetic a...

12/31/2018

Our final post of 2018 is the third installment of our Poet of the Month! Enjoy a little 'Midday Snack' by Sheriff B.J. Franke. Nuts!

“If I, get to know your name If I, could trace your private number baby… I want some, want some. I set my sight on you (and no one else will do) And I, have got to have my way now baby……