The Ark of Taste
About the Ark of Taste concept: foods that deserve to be preserved
Folklore, string structure, rye dough and Raymond Blanc (with afternotes on a bread recipe)
A Raymond Blanc recipe for “pain de campagne” causes the blogger an abrupt descent into (a) Google and (b) Welsh folklore. Warning: contains toxic behavior, nonconsensual digit amputation, and the Chorleywood Process.
Chocolata Inda
A 17th-century advertisement for the virtues of chocolate. It’s like a print-format version of a YouTubefood-supplement video. Some hustles never change…
Journey’s End: moving from Meal-Master to Paprika
If you’ve been thinking about moving your hoarded Meal-Master recipes to newer software, Paprika is just what you want. Find out more here.
Mycroft’s Delight: the fanfic
Behind every great cake, there’s a story. Here’s one from a little ways off the beaten track.
In the Afterlife After-Hours Bar
You know the place. It’s where deities and divinities and avatars go when they’ve clocked off and they need a casual after-work pint or a quick remedial stiff one. And the things you hear…!
The past, buttered up
A post-WWII commercial for butter from Deutsche Molkerei (a German dairy consortium of the time) that tries to explain how many ways butter helps you be healthier. Warning: contains dancing cows and rampant off-label cholesterol usage of an intensity that would almost certainly kill you.
“For science:” Eating Doritos Roulette
Eating Doritos Roulette to test them for heat. (Must have been a really quiet night at home…)