Food
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Your Weird Pandemic Meals Are Probably Fine
I shared this on Twitter after Brian shared it with me in a text and now we're sharing it here, so obviously we want to make sure you read it. I love when someone takes a very loose concept or pattern that I've experienced myself and molds it into words so I don't have to. -C
Put me on the list of those who picked up the "Covid 19 lbs". I do like this idea of "big meal" and am trying to figure out how to incorporate it in a transition to a post pandemic healthier lifestyle. -B
Issue 69
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Lucia makes strozzapreti pasta
Just to get this out of the way: NEXT LEVEL domain name.
OK, the thing I love most about this video is watching Lucia's mastery of this particular pasta. Watch the way she uses her hands, shaping the pasta like she's done tens of thousands of times. I love videos of people doing something they do so well that the mechanics are involuntary. - C
Issue 69
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Is That Calamari Or Pig Rectum?
At one point in my life I was tangentially related to sales of things to food processors. During that time I heard stated as fact what now appears to be an urban legend, that a significant portion of the calamari served to Americans is actually pig rectum. Finally, someone tries to get to the ummm, bottom of this. -B
Issue 68
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Courtesy of Wes B. I ate white asparagus in Germany once. Well more than once. It was offered at every meal for the entire week I was there as apparently it was in season at the time. They are really proud of their white asparagus in Germany. Eventually I had to make clear I didn't want white asparagus in my omelets. -B
Issue 65
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America Has Lost Its Taste for Iceberg Lettuce
Cause it's tasteless right Calvin?? -B
No, I think it's because Americans have been tricked into thinking that romaine is somehow superior, when in reality it's less crunchy and more slippery. I can't remember in which book Bourdain wrote about this trend, but he was annoyed and perplexed by it. -C
Issue 62
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The Best Keurig Machine (But We Really Don’t Recommend It)
JD shared this to our company's Slack channel for examples of funny copy writing (it's a wonderful channel). A scathing review of Keurig in general that made me giggle; I've been a proud Keurig hater since day one. - C
With so many options available, we recommend you buy literally any other setup before you buy a Keurig.
Issue 61
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A few of my coworkers played (invented?) a game on a business trip. They were the only patrons at a hotel bar and asked the bored bartender if he wanted to play a game: they would make up the name of a cocktail, and then he would make them a concoction worthy of the name. I don't remember what they said was in his rendition of "A Sweaty Truckdriver", but it was probably more palatable than anything in the video series this unfortunate bartender was directed to make. - C
Issue 61
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LITTLE SHEEP MONGOLIAN HOTPOT GOES AMERICA
Hotpot is a staple eatery style in China and other parts of Asia. It is one of my favorite styles of restaurant in China; I've probably eaten hotpot 30 times over my various excursions and would go right now if you asked me to...
Imagine slurping down extremely spice-and-temperature-hot balls and slices of various meats and vegetables while frantically gulping down ice cold Tsingtao beer until everyone is raucously giggling past booze-thickened tongues made of gooey molten lava in a spinning booth of camaraderie and alcoholic bonhomie. If you don't feel your hair sweat AND come out bonded with friends for life you missed a turn somewhere. It really is a magical experience. -B
Issue 61
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The South’s Favorite Bars – Garden & Gun
Two in Memphis... only one of which is actually good in my opinion.
-Brian
Issue 57
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Inside the Flour Company Supplying America’s Sudden Baking Obsession
Firstly: King Arthur Flour has a Baker's Hotline, which reminds me of Butterball's Turkey Talk Hotline, and a great scene in The West Wing.
Secondly, this sounds like a great company to work for.
Issue 56