![](https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/137077/images/12482a3c-47c0-47d6-b896-a96944fd8109_max-800.jpg)
INSIGHT: The Slow Art of Reheating Leftovers
To them, American food was fast: takeout, Happy Meals, instant rice. This cuisine left no room for all the anticipation they had come to expect from preparing a meal — waiting for water to boil, for sauces to thicken, for plantains to fry to a deep golden-yellow.