Lunch Box | Frank Shyong | Substack

Essay

Let protests be cringe

In an age of AI content and algorithmic feeds, protests work because they are in person, with all the messiness that comes with

Oct 21 •

We’re in each other’s hands now. Why is that a scary place to be?

Charlie Kirk's death and the time I lost my cat

Sep 23 •

Whaling in Japan, hunger as national trauma, and the ambiguous flavor of obaike

Jul 27 •

Oishinbo, the manga that fictionalizes my media dream job

Imagine a world with not just one, but two newspapers with an endless budget for immersive food journalism.

Jul 12 •

The surprisingly deep lore of Hippari Takomeshi, an octopus rice ekiben from Hyogo Prefecture

A train bento with dozens of seasonal/limited edition ceramics, a bridge with a tragic history and how octopus got more expensive than wagyu beef

Jun 22 •

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