Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Once obscured in the U.S, Lao cooks share and celebrate their cuisine (NYT)
• Welcome to Only Fans for the food world (Vanity Fair)
• Bacon, gas, and essentials. Where Americans have noticed inflation (NYT)
• How to compete with Shein (BoF)
• Amazon jumps on stock split, plan to buy back up to $10 billion (Bloomberg)