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Pop Culture

'Metroid' Gets Ravenous

Food has never been a focal point in Nintendo’s legendary video game series. Maybe that’s about to change with Metroid Ravenous (no relation).

By Ashok Selvam

/ 9 Sep 2026

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Labor

The Starbucks Boycott Heats Up

By Jaya Saxena

/ 8 Sep 2026

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Labor

Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Worker-Owned Restaurants

By Jaya Saxena

/ 3 Sep 2026

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Essay

The Peanut America Forgot

By Ali Francis

/ 1 Sep 2026

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From The Founders

Feed the Bird and Help Us Soar

By Ravenous Staff

/ 24 Aug 2026

Labor

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Labor

Food Media Is Dying. Long Live Indie Media

By Amy McCarthy

/ 8 Sep 2026

Labor

The Starbucks Boycott Heats Up

By Jaya Saxena

/ 8 Sep 2026

Labor

Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Worker-Owned Restaurants

By Jaya Saxena

/ 3 Sep 2026

Newsletters

AI Is Fucking Over Freelancers

By Jaya Saxena

/ 2 Aug 2026

Newsletters

Summer Is for Unions

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 22 Jul 2026

Restaurants

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What Restaurants Learned on the First Pay-What-You-Can Day

By Jaya Saxena

/ 30 Aug 2026

Trends

Using ChatGPT to Order? You’re Not Alone (Unfortunately)

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 27 Aug 2026

Restaurants

Restaurant Week Is Good, Actually

By Jaya Saxena

/ 30 Jul 2026

Pop Culture

'The Bear' Saw the Starman Cometh and Taketh

By Ashok Selvam

/ 22 Jul 2026

Newsletters

America’s Immigrants Are Fire

By Ashok Selvam

/ 15 Jul 2026

Essay

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Newsletters

Confessions of a Mid-Level Food Media Staffer

By Frances Dumlao

/ 9 Sep 2026

Essay

The Peanut America Forgot

By Ali Francis

/ 1 Sep 2026

Newsletters

We've Gotten Enough Out of Noma

By Jaya Saxena

/ 19 Aug 2026

Essay

I’m In The Sandwich Generation. Am I Even Allowed to Eat Bread?

By Ashok Selvam

/ 18 Aug 2026

Report

Eating Like a Seashore Goth in Brighton

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 6 Aug 2026

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Confessions of a Mid-Level Food Media Staffer

🎵It’s me, hi, I’m the food media problem, it’s me. 🎵

By Frances Dumlao

/ 9 Sep 2026

Food Media Is Dying. Long Live Indie Media

We're all starving for quality food journalism without pay-to-play tactics, shallow takes, and sponsored-powered drivel.

By Amy McCarthy

/ 8 Sep 2026

Ravenous Announces Exciting New Partnership

Supporting indie food media just got easier thanks to Tiny News Collective.

By Frances Dumlao

/ 2 Sep 2026

Ravenous Announces Exciting New Partnership

What Restaurants Learned on the First Pay-What-You-Can Day

Wednesday, August 26 was a Global Day of Hospitality, in which restaurants across the world offered pay-what-you-can menus. Many hope it won't be a one-time offer.

By Jaya Saxena

/ 30 Aug 2026

Add These Ravenous-Approved Books to Your Reading List

Do you like books? Are you one of the people who actually read at least one book (or 50) each year? Great news: Ravenous has an online bookstore and some recommendations for you.

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 28 Aug 2026

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Using ChatGPT to Order? You’re Not Alone (Unfortunately)

A majority of Americans are now using AI chatbots on a regular basis. It was inevitable that they'd make their way into restaurants.

By Courtney E. Smith

/ 27 Aug 2026

Four women in a painting serve tea in low light. In the bottom left corner, a feminine-looking robot is pasted onto the painting.

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