Arts & Culture

Richard Prum on the evolution of beauty, a novel about two Yale alumnae by Sylvia Brownrigg, and James Ledbetter on America’s history with gold.

A history professor looks at the increasing sophistication of the American palate.

For New York City alums, the tenth month is called Foodtober.

“Scorpions have great flavor,” says Aly Moore ’14. Dehydrate them, “and they taste like salmon jerky.”

Liz Thorpe ’00 has helped Americans embrace the “weird-looking, smelliest, drippiest, stinkiest, moldiest” cheeses.

Farming taught me to finish a job. When I didn’t, things died.