Luke Fortney is a journalist based in New York City. He most recently worked as a reporter for Eater, where covered restaurants and food trends for nearly five years. The first time I visited ...

A customer at Sunset Super on Irving Street shops for meat at the hot pot section. Photo by Junyao Yang on Dec. 23, 2025. I spent my early childhood in Zigong, a hilly city — much like San Francisco, ...

It's winter, which means it's hot pot season. The Chinese method of quick-cooking and retrieving thinly-cut dip meats and vegetables in a communal hot broth has been around for centuries, and it’s a ...

For some, fall is all about the return of pumpkin spice and apple cider. But once the leaves start to change and the autumn chill sinks in, my mind inevitably turns to hot pot, the communal eat-as-you ...