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Diana Hubbell

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2X James Beard winner Senior Associate Editor at SAVEUR She/Her dianahubbell.com

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
As always, as bad as you think people like Sam Altman are, they’re actually much worse than that. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Is the premise of this story that the mayor should make lighthearted video content about an ongoing criminal investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...
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Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
There's some truly wild stuff buried in the New York subway system (a dinosaur-run bodega, a soundbooth for buskers, an iconic dive bar, and a Michelin-starred restaurant, to name a few). I wrote about it for AFAR www.afar.com/magazine/bes...
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The Coolest Underground Restaurants, Art Spaces, and Speakeasies Hidden Inside NYC Subway Stations
A tasteful selection awaits underground in New York City.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Check out my latest piece in the March print issue of @cntraveler.com.web.brid.gy www.cntraveler.com/story/the-ri...
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The Rise of Cool in Frankfurt
With booming dining and design scenes, the financial city is now moving beyond its stiff reputation.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This ICE agent lost it and killed an innocent woman. Despite the bloodthirsty braying of JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., and Tom Cotton that this is exculpatory, that is what this video "proves." I didn't think Vance could be more of a moral abomination after "They're eating the pets," but I was wrong.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Wrote about my favorite way to escape New York without buying a plane ticket blog.resy.com/letter-of-re...
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Café Sabarsky Is Manhattan’s Ultimate Coffee Break — Resy | Right This Way
The magic of this grand kaffeehaus never fails to enchant and transport you.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Well have you? If not, here's where: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Zohran kneeling, smiling and giving the thumbs up, next to a chalking on the sidewalk that says "Have You Voted Today" and "Make History, Vote Zohran, Nov. 4, 6am to 9pm"
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
So thrilled to see my first piece for @saveur.com out in the world www.saveur.com/travel/berli...
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Berlin’s Cemetery Cafés Are Very Much Alive
A journey through Berlin’s cemetery cafés—inviting green spaces where locals gather for cake, coffee, and community between life and death.
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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
"Sugar was scarce." Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @dianahubbell.bsky.social & @popsci.com! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe www.popsci.com/health/hersh...
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How WWII made Hershey and Mars Halloween candy kings
From sugar shortages to military contracts, World War II helped make M&Ms and Hershey’s bars into symbols of American abundance.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Over the past few years, Chika Hanyu has built up a cult following entirely by word of mouth, all while making extraordinary cream puffs, canelés, and cakes out of a ghost kitchen in Sunnyside, Queens. Check out my latest piece for @eater.bsky.social. ny.eater.com/dining-out-i...
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Meet NYC’s Most Under-the-Radar Pastry Maven
Chika Hanyu is making next-level cream puffs and cakes out of a ghost kitchen in Sunnyside
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I said goodbye to a lot of things this past summer, among them my favorite bar in New York. I wrote about letting go, a thing I am fundamentally bad at and do not like one little bit. Shoutout to the wonderful folks at @offassignment.bsky.social www.offassignment.com/gttp/diana-h...
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Goodbye to Dirty Precious — Off Assignment
“I’ve heard it said that the key to loving New York is learning to live with perpetual loss. The longer you stay in this inconstant city, the more rubble accumulates on the map etched into your psyche...
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I'm constantly amazed how deeply entwined the US food system is with the military industrial complex. Here's why Hershey's became "The Great American Chocolate Bar," featuring a rogue pilot who became known as "The Berlin Candy Bomber" www.popsci.com/health/hersh...
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How WWII made Hershey and Mars Halloween candy kings
From sugar shortages to military contracts, World War II helped make M&Ms and Hershey’s bars into symbols of American abundance.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Wrote a love letter to my local blog.resy.com/2025/09/chez...
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Chez Ma Tante Is the Ultimate Neighborhood Restaurant — Resy | Right This Way
Greenpointers are proud to call this chic, unassuming bar and restaurant — named after a storied Montreal Hot Dog shack — their own.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
New York is awash in really fantastic Thai food right now. I wrote about one of the best newcomers blog.resy.com/2025/08/sams...
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Samsaen Whisks Diners on a Journey Through Regional Thai Gastronomy — Resy | Right This Way
One of Queens’ top Thai chefs now has a place in Manhattan, named for his childhood Bangkok neighborhood and inspired by its train station.
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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
As we listen to RFK's heavy, heavy breathing before Congress, take a moment and read @wired.com's package on what is really going on with science and medicine right now! www.wired.com/beyond-welln...
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Beyond Wellness
The line between science and wellness has been blurred beyond recognition. WIRED is here to help.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/09/2025
Today, Labor Day stands for little more than summer’s end, sales, and maybe a barbecue. But it was originally meant to honor both the individual worker and what workers accomplish together through activism and organizing, Chad Broughton wrote in 2014. theatln.tc/AIcURZrb
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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Money can't buy you class!
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Real question for editors out there: has gen AI killed the em dash? Are we no longer allowed to use the most fun form of punctuation?
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Check out my latest for @popsci.com www.popsci.com/science/what...
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What's really the safest seat in a car? An auto expert weighs in.
One is definitely better than the rest, but there are a lot of other factors to consider.
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Nick Jackson @nbj914.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Suddenly, Silicon Valley Is Lowering AI Expectations: “AI is still a huge deal, they’re suggesting. But after years of issuing one sort of warning, they’re now voicing another: Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.” nymag.com/intelligence...
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say
Breaking News
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A close adviser to Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his campaign after trying to give a journalist cash inside a potato chip bag.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
we love to see it
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This is not a joke: I’ve started opening my drafts with “The woman wondered what she had gotten herself into” and writing about whatever from there, and it’s honestly been nuking my writer’s block
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
My first "Ask Anything" column for @popsci.com is live! www.popsci.com/science/why-...
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Why do we put seatbacks up for landing? An aviation expert explains.
Two inches might not seem like a big deal, but there’s a good reason for it.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Bittersweet but still really something to see the first big editorial package I commissioned and ran out in the world. The Great Escape features on-the-ground reporting and photography from regions across the U.S., plus some beautiful illustrations www.atlasobscura.com/hubs/the-gre...
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The Great Escape
The Great Escape is your guide to planning unforgettable family and group adventures across the U.S.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Good, now stop stealing traffic from the food journalists reporting the stories too thx www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Google Ends Recipe Pilot That Left Creators Fearing Web-Traffic Hit
Google has ended tests of a feature that would have let users open a snapshot of cooking-recipe content directly in web search results — a welcome development for creators and food bloggers who were c...
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Lee Tran Lam @leetranlam.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Last year, I wrote a Sydney dining guide for Gastro Obscura's Feast. The series covered 9 cities (from Lagos to Penang) and has just won a James Beard media award for Dining & Travel! Congrats to @dianahubbell.bsky.social, Anne Ewbank and Sam O'Brien on the win! www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whe...
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A Gastro Obscura Guide to Sydney
Wattleseed pudding, Vegemite-braised ribs, and more freewheeling fusion in the harbor city.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Next up is Mason J. Adams, who takes readers on a remarkable journey from mountain string-music jamborees to old-growth forests to a chef serving up her own rendition of a Black Appalachian fish fry www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...
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The Explorer’s Guide to Road Tripping Around Appalachia
Seek out old-growth forests, live bluegrass, and an old-school fish fry.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
The first piece of the first big editorial package I commissioned is out and it's a real banger. Aaron Joel Santos road tripped 400 miles from Memphis to his hometown of New Orleans for @atlasobscura.com www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...
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The Explorer’s Guide to Road Tripping Down Highway 61
Highway 61 is known as “The Blues Highway” as it makes its way from New Orleans to Memphis, following the Mississippi River through lands forged over eons, from the coastal swamps of Louisiana to the ...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15/05/2025
OpenAI has benefitted from generating images in distinctive creative styles, particularly that of the Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli. In doing so, it's trampled over human creativity—and perhaps even legal precedent, Alex Reisner writes.
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ChatGPT Turned Into a Studio Ghibli Machine. How Is That Legal?
Three possible arguments against the tech company
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Great to see @atlasobscura.com's National Parks package out in the world. This was a big collaborative effort in the works for months--please go give it a read www.atlasobscura.com/hubs/nationa...
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Atlas Obscura's Guide to the National Parks
Discover hidden histories, quirky natural wonders, and unexpected adventures in America's iconic landscapes—plus tips for planning your own offbeat journey.
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Andreas @arekdal.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
not really a dessert guy, but @dianahubbell.bsky.social’s latest story for @atlasobscura.com has me reconsidering www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sal...
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Salt & Straw Wants You to Create Your Own Ice Cream Flavors
In his new cookbook, Tyler Malek wants you—yes, you!—to go off-script with fish sauce caramel and pandan cilantro scoops.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Thrilled to see Gastro Obscura's Feast nominated for a James Beard Award. I'm honored to have contributed to this project spearheaded by Sam O'Brien and Anne Ewbank. As with so many larger editorial projects, this really took a village @atlasobscura.com
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Absolutely obsessed with our latest guide to Hong Kong, in which you'll find a "soy sauce Western" joint, a bakery that's been churning out crackly-topped pineapple buns since 1943, and the workshop of one of the last craftsmen producing Hong Kong's neon signs. www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...
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Gastro Obscura's 10 Essential Places to Eat, Drink, and Shop in Hong Kong
Flaky egg tarts, old-school dim sum, and “soy sauce Western” cuisine await.
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Off Assignment @offassignment.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
In this week's "Behind the Essay" interview, Rebecca Emiru discusses the realities and inequities faced by many travelers, her habit of finding Ethiopian food in new destinations, and how she approaches the legacy of colonialism in travel writing. Read our full interview: buff.ly/NLzyfQN
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This week's Dear Atlas column is all about continuing to seek adventure at any age (and why some of the best trips are the ones you take by yourself) www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bes...
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Dear Atlas: What’s the Best Way to Travel Solo at 60?
Adventure awaits at any age.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I dare you to read our new Gastro guide by Anya von Bremzen and not want to book a ticket to Oaxaca immediately www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...
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Gastro Obscura’s 10 Essential Places to Eat and Drink in Oaxaca
Marvelously complex moles, pre-Hispanic recipes, and all sorts of delicious eats await.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Check out the latest Dear Atlas column on how to plan your Great American Road Trip with limited vacation time www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rou...
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Dear Atlas: What Parts of Route 66 Are Worth the Drive?
A curated guide to the stretches and stops that truly deserve your time.
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Nick Jackson @nbj914.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Trump Guts Government-Funded Media Outlets: "Attempts to defund USAGM-funded entities were halted by courts during Trump's first administration, and it could come up against legal pressure again this time around." www.axios.com/2025/03/16/t...
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Introducing @atlasobscura.com's Secret Lives of Cities! We're on the hunt for historical lore, incredible architecture, delicious eats, and lesser-known Easter eggs in destinations all over the world www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/...
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Seek Out Architectural Secrets and Historical Hidden Gems in Ljubljana
Follow in the footsteps of Slovenia's greatest architect to find mythical dragons, tomb candles, and ‘The Devil’s Court.’
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I wrote about the most inappropriate salad ever served to children www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wha...
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Midcentury America's Most Scandalous Salad
According to Betty Crocker, Candle Salad was even “better than a real candle.”
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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Semolina flour, water & salt stretched into 256 threads barely wider than a human hair, make su filindeu - ethereal pasta strands shrouded on mystery [ @dianahubbell.bsky.social ] www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wor...
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The Quest to Save the World’s Rarest Pasta
For 300 years, only a handful of women in Sardinia possessed the skill to create “threads of God.”
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Caught up with Eric Kim at @nytcooking.bsky.social about the long history of the turkey dinner and why America's almost-national bird is underrated www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eri...
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Talking Turkey With Eric Kim
The secrets to a better bird lie in the long, sometimes surprising history of the turkey dinner.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Absolutely loved this conversation with Bryan Ford about his brilliant new book 'Pan Y Dulce' www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pan...
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Bake 'Baby Bread' as a Celebration of Life and Death
‘Pan Y Dulce’ is Bryan Ford's love letter to Latin American baking traditions.
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Diana Hubbell @dianahubbell.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Zombie Twitter keeps trying to sell me crypto. Guess I'll come hang out here
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