The Un-Brie-Lievable History of Tyromancy
saveur.com/culture/tyromancy-cheese-divination/This fortune-telling practice uses cheese to predict everything from your future spouse to your next career move.
Tuesday Thread: Recipe & Cookbook Concierge
annehelen.substack.com/p/tuesday-thread-recipe-and-cookbook/commentsThink more about the culture that surrounds you
Buy Your Loved Ones a Sequinned Double Cheeseburger: A Food-Themed Holiday Gift Guide
newyorker.com/culture/the-food-scene/a-food-themed-holiday-gift-guideKitchen tools, culinary trinkets, tinned treats, dinner-party fixings, and many more curios for the person of appetites in your life.
How Did Roasting Vegetables Become a Thing?
slate.com/human-interest/2014/12/roasting-vegetables-history-when-did-this-technique-overtake-boiling.htmlChances are good that at whatever holiday feast you attend this year, one dish will include vegetables that have been simply, gloriously roasted. They...
Oatmeal and the History of the Branded Breakfast
2ndbreakfast.substack.com/p/oatmeal-and-the-history-of-the-branded"Quaker Oats -- it's the right thing to do" -- Wilford Brimley
The Radical Design of PizzaExpress
vittles.substack.com/p/the-radical-design-of-pizzaexpressHow one chain changed the way we eat. Words by Digby Warde-Aldam; Illustration by Sinjin Li
The truffle industry is a big scam. Not just truffle oil, everything
tasteatlas.com/truffle-industry-is-a-big-scamThere is a good joke: because of sanctions against Russia, the price of tartufata will increase. I may not be objective about the quality of the joke, as I invented it, but the fact is: what is sold as truffle flavor is 2,4-dithiapentane, an organosulfur compound that is naturally found in truffles, and though it is practically impossible to extract it from truffles, it can be extracted from oil.
Ultimate list of Japanese Vegetable Cutting Techniques - The Chef Dojo
thechefdojo.com/japanese-vegetable-cutting-techniques/Want to improve your knife skills? Take a look at this list of Japanese vegetable cutting techniques. Start from the basics, and work your way up to master.
A CHEMICAL HUNGER
achemicalhunger.com/The study of obesity is the study of mysteries.
Sensory Panels and the Future of Food
vittles.substack.com/p/sensory-panels-and-the-future-ofWho produces flavour? Words by Barclay Bram; Illustration by Michelle Wong