Jaya Saxena
@jayasaxena.com
James Beard Award-nominated writer and editor // Series Editor at Best American Food and Travel Writing // Queens, NY // she/her // jayasaxena.com
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Jaya Saxena
@jayasaxena.com
· Sep 24
Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie
How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.
www.eater.com
Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...
My subway take is I think that’s rude to do on the subway
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My subway take is I think that’s rude to do on the subway
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Come visit us!
Sunday: Astoria Bookshop with coffee + apple cider to keep you warm on yr Shop Small Astoria crawl
Dec 6th: Holiday pop-up at Diamond Dogs, bar open early!
Dec 13th: Dave's Lesbian Bar's queer holiday market
We'll have 2026 Slingshot planners, new + used books, merch, & more!
Sunday: Astoria Bookshop with coffee + apple cider to keep you warm on yr Shop Small Astoria crawl
Dec 6th: Holiday pop-up at Diamond Dogs, bar open early!
Dec 13th: Dave's Lesbian Bar's queer holiday market
We'll have 2026 Slingshot planners, new + used books, merch, & more!
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Come visit us!
Sunday: Astoria Bookshop with coffee + apple cider to keep you warm on yr Shop Small Astoria crawl
Dec 6th: Holiday pop-up at Diamond Dogs, bar open early!
Dec 13th: Dave's Lesbian Bar's queer holiday market
We'll have 2026 Slingshot planners, new + used books, merch, & more!
Sunday: Astoria Bookshop with coffee + apple cider to keep you warm on yr Shop Small Astoria crawl
Dec 6th: Holiday pop-up at Diamond Dogs, bar open early!
Dec 13th: Dave's Lesbian Bar's queer holiday market
We'll have 2026 Slingshot planners, new + used books, merch, & more!
Got a call in two hours time to make myself feel real weird and nervous about it
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Got a call in two hours time to make myself feel real weird and nervous about it
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BOYS WEEKEND ??? (mattie lubchansky pantheon books 2023 ?????) ????????????????????????????
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
BOYS WEEKEND ??? (mattie lubchansky pantheon books 2023 ?????) ????????????????????????????
Thanksgiving content really does assume you're in charge of the whole thing and not that your aunt is hosting, and she thinks black pepper is spicy, and half the family is bringing the same dishes they've brought since 1994 www.bestfoodblog.net/food-media-i...
Food Media is So Tired of Thanksgiving
"No one wants to see how to carve a turkey again."
www.bestfoodblog.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Thanksgiving content really does assume you're in charge of the whole thing and not that your aunt is hosting, and she thinks black pepper is spicy, and half the family is bringing the same dishes they've brought since 1994 www.bestfoodblog.net/food-media-i...
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over and over i ask: do you genuinely think the police will catch the person who stole your package (and what do you actually want to happen to that person, if so)
“Camera doorbells are social cancer as a technology, breaking down social solidarity and further encouraging people to see strangers with suspicion.”
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
over and over i ask: do you genuinely think the police will catch the person who stole your package (and what do you actually want to happen to that person, if so)
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the best editor you could literally ever ask for in both the shortform and longform categories is @jesszimmerman.com - and she's freelance, so go hire her!!! www.jesszimmerman.com/editing.html
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
the best editor you could literally ever ask for in both the shortform and longform categories is @jesszimmerman.com - and she's freelance, so go hire her!!! www.jesszimmerman.com/editing.html
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Jaya's last piece for Eater is incredible: so perfectly captures the arc of cultural change regarding food we've all lived through the past 20 years.
Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...
Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie
How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.
www.eater.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Jaya's last piece for Eater is incredible: so perfectly captures the arc of cultural change regarding food we've all lived through the past 20 years.
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I know I keep saying this but I can't express how proud of I am of Mattie. This book is such an accomplishment, a huge leap forward in her work, and it'd be a shame if you didn't have a copy.
thrilled and honored for SIMPLICITY to be on here. thank you NPR~
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I know I keep saying this but I can't express how proud of I am of Mattie. This book is such an accomplishment, a huge leap forward in her work, and it'd be a shame if you didn't have a copy.
Framing your entire bit around "takes" means people have to generate takes which will be increasingly calibrated to agitate like this is just the worst of 2010s blogging again
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Framing your entire bit around "takes" means people have to generate takes which will be increasingly calibrated to agitate like this is just the worst of 2010s blogging again
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this is not a drag of the writer of this particular piece, which is largely sympathetic, but this line of argument makes me nuts
young people are involved in protest and organizing at several levers of power—but they're not able to show up to photo op street rallies at the same rates as retirees
young people are involved in protest and organizing at several levers of power—but they're not able to show up to photo op street rallies at the same rates as retirees
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
this is not a drag of the writer of this particular piece, which is largely sympathetic, but this line of argument makes me nuts
young people are involved in protest and organizing at several levers of power—but they're not able to show up to photo op street rallies at the same rates as retirees
young people are involved in protest and organizing at several levers of power—but they're not able to show up to photo op street rallies at the same rates as retirees
I know I keep saying this but I can't express how proud of I am of Mattie. This book is such an accomplishment, a huge leap forward in her work, and it'd be a shame if you didn't have a copy.
thrilled and honored for SIMPLICITY to be on here. thank you NPR~
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I know I keep saying this but I can't express how proud of I am of Mattie. This book is such an accomplishment, a huge leap forward in her work, and it'd be a shame if you didn't have a copy.
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"wow sounds like a perfect purchase for the holiday season" whoa i wasn't even THINKING about that, but it's true actually now that you mention it. and you can get it at your local bookstore? simplicitybook.xyz
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"wow sounds like a perfect purchase for the holiday season" whoa i wasn't even THINKING about that, but it's true actually now that you mention it. and you can get it at your local bookstore? simplicitybook.xyz
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thrilled and honored for SIMPLICITY to be on here. thank you NPR~
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
thrilled and honored for SIMPLICITY to be on here. thank you NPR~
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I wrote about how after a decade of being a "new trend," hot honey is perhaps just here to stay, and what happened in American food culture to make it so slate.com/life/2025/11...
The American Condiment Hall of Fame Has a New Member. And It’s Unlike Anything That’s Been There Before.
Something to think about the next time you drizzle.
slate.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I wrote about how after a decade of being a "new trend," hot honey is perhaps just here to stay, and what happened in American food culture to make it so slate.com/life/2025/11...
I wrote about how after a decade of being a "new trend," hot honey is perhaps just here to stay, and what happened in American food culture to make it so slate.com/life/2025/11...
The American Condiment Hall of Fame Has a New Member. And It’s Unlike Anything That’s Been There Before.
Something to think about the next time you drizzle.
slate.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I wrote about how after a decade of being a "new trend," hot honey is perhaps just here to stay, and what happened in American food culture to make it so slate.com/life/2025/11...
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this just shows how the Western family unit has completely broken down because in Asia we all have uncles to fulfill this function in our lives
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
this just shows how the Western family unit has completely broken down because in Asia we all have uncles to fulfill this function in our lives
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this book carried me through the novel coronavirus— it’s so funny and timely and powerful!!!
hey instead of reading and sharing some book that sucks by a woman in love with an insane corpse who neither deserves nor needs the coverage, why not instead buy and read MY book. due to me being normal simplicitybook.xyz
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
this book carried me through the novel coronavirus— it’s so funny and timely and powerful!!!
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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
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nyc!!! in three weeks we are playing Pete’s with our pals in french teacher. playing a bunch of new stuff i think…come thru in my opinion
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
nyc!!! in three weeks we are playing Pete’s with our pals in french teacher. playing a bunch of new stuff i think…come thru in my opinion
This is very cool. Often food pantries need to spend their money making sure everyone has the basics to keep them fed and healthy, but not on the spices and flavors that make an enjoyable meal. www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/don...
Donate a Holiday Spice Set • Give the Gift of Flavor | Burlap & Barrel
Help make someone's holiday meal special. When you purchase a single jar, 3-pack, or 6-pack of our equitably sourced spices, we’ll donate that exact set to a New York food pantry supporting families i...
www.burlapandbarrel.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is very cool. Often food pantries need to spend their money making sure everyone has the basics to keep them fed and healthy, but not on the spices and flavors that make an enjoyable meal. www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/don...
Stuff happened to me too today if you even care
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Stuff happened to me too today if you even care
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He’s becoming Zohran’s own Club Chalamet
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
He’s becoming Zohran’s own Club Chalamet
The only thing stopping you from bringing soup to the bar is your cowardice (and the bar’s outside food policy)
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The only thing stopping you from bringing soup to the bar is your cowardice (and the bar’s outside food policy)