What Should Restaurant Food Cost?

What a $60 loaf of rye bread says about how we judge the price of food

Oct 6 • Mike Lee

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September 2026

Cashing In On Climate

The intersection of corporations and climate change, told through four advertisements from the year 2040.

Sep 29 • Mike Lee

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Climate Change and Cognitive Dissonance

We need to act on food and climate while staying open to ideas that challenge our own.

Sep 22 • Mike Lee

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The Cost of Doing Better

There are no silver bullets when it comes to sustainability in food and agriculture.

Sep 15 • Mike Lee

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Solving The Ozone Hole

What we can learn from fixing a hole in the sky for food systems and climate change.

Sep 8 • Mike Lee

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Context and Intent

Why every honest answer about food and health lives in "it depends" land.

Sep 1 • Mike Lee

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August 2026

Give the People What They Want

Every tradition was once a strange food nobody wanted.

Aug 25 • Mike Lee

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The Ethnic Food Price Ceiling

Why we won’t let a bowl of pho cost $30, yet a plate of tagliatelle can?

Aug 18 • Mike Lee

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What is a Restaurant For?

Mise 02: The Restaurant Issue is out today. Four futures for 2040, eight stories from the people who live there.

Aug 11 • Mike Lee

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Three Questions for a Crystal Ball

You have a crystal ball that can tell you anything about the future. What do you ask it?

Aug 4 • Mike Lee

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July 2026

The Story I Keep Telling

I’m on vacation this week, so here are five of my most popular essays from 2026 that circle around the same big argument.

Jul 28 • Mike Lee

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The Honor System

Testing takes time. Time is the one thing nobody in this chain has to spare.

Jul 21 • Mike Lee

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