Mayukh Sen

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

Mayukh Sen is a writer in New York. He has won a James Beard Award for his food writing, and he teaches food journalism at NYU. His first book, on the immigrant women who've shaped food in America, will be published in Fall 2021 by W.W. Norton & Company.

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The Real Women Behind ‘Christmas in Connecticut’

The 1945 Barbara Stanwyck film is a classic for its charming portrayal of a food writer who can’t cook. It had its basis in real life.

More than 100 years ago, Dr. Yamei Kin was an evangelist for tofu.

food

Meet America's Godmother of Tofu

A century ago, Dr. Kin Yamei broke ground trying to popularize tofu. The nation's tastes have finally caught up.

Hamer (left) attending a Congressional session on a Mississippi election that disenfranchised Black voters.

farms

The Civil Rights Icon Who Saw Freedom in Farming

Fannie Lou Hamer viewed co-ops as the foundation of political power.

Arturo Schomburg was a scholar and a bibliophile, but he was also a gastronome.

food

How America Rediscovered a Cookbook From the Harlem Renaissance

Arturo Schomburg's work is still inspiring researchers and cooks today.

Della Reese performing on her show in 1970.

television

Decades Before Oprah, Della Reese Was the First Black Woman to Host a Talk Show

The program was historic. But why are the archives lost?

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