erinhorne27's review
5.0
Interesting & eye-opening reads! Good mix of long-form and short-form pieces.
areader09's review
3.0
I enjoyed this volume. 3.5 stars, rounded down to 3. The mix of articles was good, from a wide range of publications and authors. Given that the 2021 volume features the best writing from 2020, I am glad that the volume covered the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, but did not dwell on it in every article. As with any collection like this, I liked some articles (much) more than others. While there were many good pieces in this edition, I think my favorites were "Good Bread" by Bill Buford and by "Get Fat Don't Die" by Jonathan Kauffman, which is about the AIDS epidemic and wasting syndrome.
specificwonderland's review
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Water sommelier, chicken resiliency, bon appetit kitchen diversity, soli/dairy/ty, nazi wine, French bread, 1944 starvation experiment