Kim Severson, a food culture reporter for The New York Times, emphasizes that every story has a food angle, allowing her to explore broader societal themes. Her recent piece on a trademark dispute between a vegetarian restaurant and farm named Dirt Candy illustrates significant issues like America's crisis of mistrust and evolving food ideologies. Through her experiences, she showcases how food intersects with daily life in both ordinary and extraordinary settings, impacting her approach to eating and reporting.
Every story has a food angle, Kim Severson likes to say. This thinking allows Ms. Severson, who covers the country's food culture for The New York Times, to write about themes and topics that are larger than the portions on our plates.
Ms. Severson found threads of what she calls America's crisis of mistrust, the country's reordered political spectrum and the developing ideology around organic food.
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