Sarah Karnasiewicz is a freelance writer and photographer based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Until recently, she was senior editor at Saveur magazine; prior to that she was deputy Life editor at Salon. She has contributed to the New York Times, the New York Observer and Rolling Stone, among other publications. For more of her work, visit thefastertimes.com/streetfood and Signs and Wonders.

Sarah Karnasiewicz's Salon stories

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009 00:06 PDT

Eat the weeds

Ready for nettles and dandelions on your plate? Langdon Cook talks foraging, the next (cheap!) step in local food
Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 03:20 PDT

The jiggle is back

Jell-O is cheap, versatile and ridiculously fun. Could there be a more perfect food for a battered economy?
Wednesday, Jul 29, 2009 03:27 PDT

How cooking makes you a man

Anthropologist Richard Wrangham has a provocative theory on human evolution. It starts with food and an open flame
Wednesday, Jul 8, 2009 03:20 PDT

Can it!

I leapt on the new craze for pickling and preserving. Is it a money saver in a busted economy -- or a luxury craft?
Tuesday, Sep 11, 2007 04:00 PDT

Conversations: Tim Gunn

The "Project Runway" guru talks about his new show, "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style," and his passionate crusade to make fashion work for the masses. An interview and podcast.
Friday, Aug 17, 2007 03:30 PDT

Summer sips

You wrote, we drank! Meet the winners of our first summer cocktail contest! Video
Thursday, Aug 2, 2007 04:11 PDT

Life beyond the lens

New novels frame two of photography's most compelling legends, Edward Curtis and Edward Steichen.
Tuesday, Jul 10, 2007 03:30 PDT

Summer reading, summer eating

Elizabeth David's classic "Summer Cooking" is as fresh and enchanting today as it was 50 years ago, when seasonal food was still a subversive idea.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 07:06 PDT

Finale wrap-up: "The King of Queens"

The long-running sitcom ends its reign with a flurry of bickering, boxers and babies -- and, yes, a few misty eyes.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 04:20 PDT

Going whole hog

Is the impressive new cookbook "Pork and Sons" a contemporary charcuterie classic or just piggy porn? I cooked a swine-inspired feast to find out.
Tuesday, Mar 6, 2007 04:05 PST

Can this woman make quinoa sexy?

Heidi Swanson, author of the new cookbook "Super Natural Cooking," chats about the unsung pleasures of spelt and chard and her crusade to make healthy food hot.
Saturday, Nov 18, 2006 06:00 PST

Annie Leibovitz's reckless candor

The renowned photographer's snapshots of her partner Susan Sontag and of her family, exhibited for the first time, are shocking in their intimacy -- but they should have stayed inside that shoe box.
Thursday, Aug 31, 2006 05:00 PDT

The hothouse effect

The author of a new book about gifted children talks about the big business of "enrichment" and the joys of just being average.
Friday, Aug 25, 2006 05:00 PDT

Streets of ire

This summer, cities across the U.S. have reported frightening surges in youth violence. After a decade-long reprieve, what's gone wrong?
Thursday, Jul 27, 2006 05:00 PDT

Destination: Southwestern France

Skip Provence and head west to Gascony, where the weight of history is felt at every turn, and the food will blow your mind.
Thursday, May 18, 2006 05:33 PDT

Roadfoodies

Jane and Michael Stern talk about 30 years of scouring America for the best chili dogs and fried clams -- and the food they had to throw overboard.
Thursday, May 11, 2006 06:04 PDT

The children they gave away

In the decades between World War II and Roe v. Wade, 1.5 million young women were secretly sent to homes for unwed mothers and coerced into giving their babies up for adoption. Now their stories are finally being told.
Thursday, Apr 27, 2006 05:59 PDT

Classroom confidential

Following a number of high-profile sex abuse scandals, high schools across the country have begun carefully policing teacher-student relationships. But is this new vigilance keeping the most committed teachers from doing their best?
Thursday, Mar 23, 2006 03:22 PST

Tell it on the mountain

A powerful new book of photos and oral histories documents the ravaged lives of West Virginia's coal miners.
Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 04:00 PST

Tough cookies

The director of a PBS documentary about a Girl Scout troop whose moms are behind bars says our obsession with locking up women is harming their kids.
Monday, Feb 27, 2006 04:00 PST

Amazing journey

A Central American boy named Enrique traveled 12,000 miles across continents to find his mother. There are thousands of others like him.
Tuesday, Feb 21, 2006 04:37 PST

The losing generation

A new book says that minimum-wage jobs and mounting debt are burying America's youth.
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2006 03:08 PST

The campus crusade for guys

Worried about the steadily declining number of male students, some colleges and universities appear to be practicing affirmative action for men.
Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006 04:18 PST

Ghost world

David Levithan's tale of a boy haunted by the memory of his girlfriend is the perfect Valentine's gift for your Goth preteen.
Monday, Feb 13, 2006 03:31 PST

Forbidden fruits

A new book explores the juicy relationship between food and sex.
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