MAD Recommends | February 2026

How restaurants are protecting workers from ICE, a lively critics’ roundtable, and a candid podcast exploring the realities of zero-waste dining.

Welcome to MAD Digest Recommends, our special supplement for paid subscribers that takes the month’s firehose of food-related media, and siphons it to a gently burbling stream of can’t-miss pieces.

Let’s start with some current events. With immigrants making up 22% of the restaurant workforce, ICE’s horrifying violence in Minneapolis is having an especia…