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Jaya Saxena

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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 · 18d

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

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 2d

you said it brother

Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 2d

She is apparently bringing hot ice cream to New York this winter and why yes editors, I AM available to freelance

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 2d

I need everyone to pay more attention to whatever Tyra Banks is doing to ice cream in Australia www.instagram.com/p/DPVX_JWkSE...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 2d

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 2d

Three new books written by trans women writers are set on radical communes and grapple with the notion of separatism and whether or not it might save them. “The questions they ask are timeless, demanding our attention,” Harron Walker writes.

Have You Ever Fantasized About Running Away?

The temptation and limitations of going off the grid.

www.thecut.com

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 2d

really appreciated this read of the book, and extremely flattered to be mentioned in the same breath as torrey and grace www.thecut.com/article/grac...

Have You Ever Fantasized About Running Away?

The temptation and limitations of going off the grid.

www.thecut.com

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 2d

now you've gone too far

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 2d

Snacking Cake suggests the existence a larger, more substantial Entree Cake

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 4d

Really good by @jayasaxena.com, might be time to give martinis a chance at future events after completely ignoring them to date slate.com/life/2025/10...

It’s the Quickest Way to Ruin a Great Cocktail. Thankfully, Bartenders Are Finally Cutting It Off.

The era of bracing bravado is coming to an end.

slate.com

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 4d

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The Difference Between A Wet And Dry Martini - Tasting Table

Here's what you need to remember when distinguishing a wet martini from its dry counterpart.

www.tastingtable.com

Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 4d

*raising glass to toast you* my wets

Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 4d

no this is the main hurdle

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 4d

Here I am in Slate, bravely coming out in favor of sweet, wet martinis (they gave this a more dramatic headline than intended but I stand by my feelings) slate.com/life/2025/10...

One of the Greatest Cocktails Has Been Ruined by a Nasty Trend. But There’s Hope on the Horizon.

The era of bracing bravado is coming to an end.

slate.com

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 4d

hey cool, bookshop has free shipping today! an incredible, auspicious time to purchase your copy of SIMPLICITY simplicitybook.xyz

Simplicity: A Novel

A Novel

bookshop.org

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Thomas @thomaslstrickland.bsky.social · 4d

“I do not think it is radical to want to avoid suffering, especially while eating.”

The always revolutionary @jayasaxena.com on how maybe (just maybe) your cocktail shouldn’t hate you.

Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 4d

"Am I wrong not to want to brace? I am braced all day. I want to unclench. I want to slip into something comfortable." slate.com/life/2025/10...

It’s the Quickest Way to Ruin a Great Cocktail. Thankfully, Bartenders Are Finally Cutting It Off.

The era of bracing bravado is coming to an end.

slate.com

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 4d

"Am I wrong not to want to brace? I am braced all day. I want to unclench. I want to slip into something comfortable." slate.com/life/2025/10...

It’s the Quickest Way to Ruin a Great Cocktail. Thankfully, Bartenders Are Finally Cutting It Off.

The era of bracing bravado is coming to an end.

slate.com

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 4d

www.thecut.com/article/gayl...

Sympathy for the Gaylors

The singer is marrying a male football star. Gaylor truthers are undeterred.

www.thecut.com

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All Hallows' Leask (Hallowle'ask) @leask.bsky.social · 4d

I find the quest to make the dryest or filthiest martini to be exhausting in the same way I wish they'd stop piling shit on caesars/bloody marys or milkshakes, so I appreciate @jayasaxena.com's piece on wet, sweet & floral martinis having their day slate.com/life/2025/10...

One of the Greatest Cocktails Has Been Ruined by a Nasty Trend. But There’s Hope on the Horizon.

The era of bracing bravado is coming to an end.

slate.com

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 4d

make martinis vermouth again

Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 4d

Here I am in Slate, bravely coming out in favor of sweet, wet martinis (they gave this a more dramatic headline than intended but I stand by my feelings) slate.com/life/2025/10...

One of the Greatest Cocktails Has Been Ruined by a Nasty Trend. But There’s Hope on the Horizon.

The era of bracing bravado is coming to an end.

slate.com

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 4d

Here I am in Slate, bravely coming out in favor of sweet, wet martinis (they gave this a more dramatic headline than intended but I stand by my feelings) slate.com/life/2025/10...

One of the Greatest Cocktails Has Been Ruined by a Nasty Trend. But There’s Hope on the Horizon.

The era of bracing bravado is coming to an end.

slate.com

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 4d

"Even if the desire to gather has been coursing through us since we were gossiping about cave art, we need reminders that doing so may take some forethought, some decoration, and some scrubbing of the toilets." tastecooking.com/party-in-the...

Party in the USA: The Cookbook

A new wave of cookbooks—plus an iconic Martha reissue—are showing how to cook and host a crowd.

tastecooking.com

Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 4d

thank you

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Reacher from the Jack Lagoon @daltondeschain.com · 5d

It's not that I won't vote for Gavin Newsom if he's the presidential candidate. It's that if the Democratic Party chooses him, then they are communicating to me that they actively do not want my vote, and believe they don't need it. I will simply honor their wishes

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 5d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Ghosty Admiraal @christyadmiraal.bsky.social · 5d

It's my birthday! That means I'm allowed to push my fundraiser one more time and also post my face! getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...

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