Salt, Ink, & Soul
Writing on food, family, and identity
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Bon Jovi, Casey Kasem, and the Accidental Education of a Generation
By Kyle J. Hayes I come from a time before algorithms. Before curated playlists and “for you” feeds. Before, the machines learned what you liked and fed you more of it, spoonful by spoonful until your world was a neat, predictable echo chamber of your own taste. Back then, we had Casey Kasem. We had America’s Top 40 rolling through…
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The Great Pizza Debate: A Slice of America
By Kyle J. Hayes We’ve all been there. Sitting around a table, maybe a few drinks deep, maybe already two slices in, when someone—loud, confident, maybe even a little too sure of themselves—declares who has the best pizza. And just like that, the debate begins. It’s a ritual, really. An argument older than most friendships.…
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The Haze of Genius: Sgt. Pepper’s and the Question of Clarity
By Kyle J. Hayes There is a mythology surrounding Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is a kind of unquestioned reverence that borders on gospel. They say it is the album that changed everything, the moment when pop music became art. It is the greatest Beatles album, the greatest album, period. And yet, I wonder.…
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The Hot Dog People
By Kyle J. Hayes In some strange alternate reality, some people prefer hot dogs to hamburgers. I have met them. I have sat across from them at cookouts and watched them bypass the glorious charred perfection of a well-made burger, only to reach for a tube of compressed mystery meat nestled in a soft, lifeless…
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The Undeniable Greatness of Thriller
By Kyle J. Hayes Long live the King. I could try to keep this short, but the truth is, I could write an entire book on why Thriller deserves its place—not just on this list, but in the DNA of music itself. There are albums, and then there are events. Thriller was an event—a moment…
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The Perfect Burger
By Kyle J. Hayes A burger should not be complicated. Somewhere along the way, people forgot this. They took something simple, something perfect, and turned it into an over-seasoned, deconstructed, ultra-rarified mess that no longer resembled what it was supposed to be. They started stacking foie gras and truffle aioli, throwing in imported Gruyère and…
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