Sohrab Forouzesh

Sep 14, 2023 | newyorker.com | Mads Horwath |Sohrab Forouzesh

Perhaps there is no greater, grander tradition in history than that of Girl Dinner. As long as humans have traversed this planet—by foot, by horse, by Lime scooter—they’ve been too lazy to Martha Stewart together a full supper. Sometimes it’s because, after sunset, starting a fire would have invited marauding neighbors. Other times, food was hard to come by after a village was invaded by Genghis Khan. Most recently, it’s because an oven takes too long to preheat.