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two bowls of chili in white, square bowls sitting on a wooden tabletop along with a cloth napkin and a spoonPhoto by American Heritage Chocolate on Unsplash.com

Overthinking a plate of beans? We'll show you overthinking a plate of beans. Or no beans. Depending on your idea of the One True Chili. Please join your host Greg_Ace, for a hot, hot megapost on Texas Red...and Other Chili Recipes.

03/03/24
by taz

Cheesy in all the right ways

The pirates life for me!

pirate flagpirate flag by Identity Photogr@phy (cc by)

Ah, the 17th century, where pirates roamed the seas and one in particular was a reviewer/critic of food he came across. User 'chariot pulled by cassowaries' posted about the amazing exploits of William Dampier, who gave us words like barbecue and chopsticks.

Everything you could ever want to know about softening kelp noodles

photo of a bowl of kelp noodlesA bowl of kelp noodles In Ask Metafilter, 'music for skeletons' asked about softening kelp noodles and another member, 'flug', responded with an incredibly informative answer to the chemistry behind the softening.

The Ultimate Sandwich

vegetarian sandwich on a plate

In Ask Metafialter, doift asks about the best sandwiches you have ever made or eaten.

10/07/23
by taz

If on a winter's night ...

Photo via Smitten Kitchen: a white plate with cooked farro mixed with tomato and basil and topped with shredded cheeseRecommended: Smitten Kitchen's one-pan farro with tomatoes

In Ask Metafilter, HeyAllie wants to know What's your favorite 5-ingredient (or less!) go-to winter recipe?

10/01/23
by taz

A Tasty Long Con

photo of duck confit with vegetable duck confit with vegetable (photo from Canva) Community member 'drewbage1847' shows folks in the Northern hemisphere how to prepare for winter meals with recipes of the French technique of "confit".

after the bees ...

surrounded by several pinecones and lid, a vintage-style yellow ceramic honey jar with a hand holding a honey dripper abovePhoto by Christina Branco on Unsplash

drewbage1847 has a great post all about honey, delightfully drizzled with interesting recipes. Sweet!

09/17/23
by taz

Cheese Blaster

abstract image of what looks like orange and yellow exploding viscous material from art by Susan Wilkinson on unsplash.com

at some point the mechanics of the cheese come into play, and what starts out as a faster stream of a continuous connected bead of cheese foam will begin to break apart into a cheese sputter, then a cheese spritz, and eventually a sort of atomized cheese ... SaltySalticid addresses the practical and theoretical issues of faster Easy Cheese in Literaryhero's Ask Metafilter question

09/10/23
by taz

"Olive Oil, Butter, and What Else?"

a clear glass cruet bottle of olive oil on a stone surface with a few green and black olives in front and an olive branch behindPhoto by Roberta Sorge on Unsplash

"Recently saw a map where they had divided Europe into butter Europe and olive oil Europe. If this had been a map of the world, what other oils would be on there?" Interesting question from iamsuper, lots of great answers, and fascinating background from Jane the Brown

08/28/23
by taz

I'm making a playlist for a picnic ...

Marc Johns whimsical illustration of a dancing cherry or strawberry pie with lattice crust and long, stick-like legs against a white background. Text: Your fresh baked pie will cool down faster if you let it do a little dance.Illustration by Marc Johns (marcjohns.com)

spamandkimchi asks for songs with lyrics about food (especially pie!)

08/20/23
by taz

"Ideally, I would like to build intuition ..."

A blue bowl with a small wooden spoon on a black background. In the bowl are snow peas, sliced avocado, tomatoes, cooked greens, quinoa, and sauced chickpeasPhoto by Sonny Mauricio on Unsplash

Members offer guiding principles, recipes, and resources for cruel summer's request to please demystify bowls for me.

03/21/23
by taz

"COOLEST PERSON EVER"

BarcodeBarcode by Conor Lawless (cc by)

So I once met the person who invented barcodes, a woman engineer working for IBM in the mid-60s ... She is, of course, not named on the patent: basalganglia talks the origins of the barcode in jessamyn's great fundraising member-sponsored post on supermarkets. All member-sponsored posts here.

11/09/22
by taz

No spoiled broth here

Screen shot of Japanese cook preparing meals in small open kitchen of small Japanese restaurant

Tiny Japanese restaurants in 4K. "... there's a whole channel of these wholesome, calming and hunger-inducing videos"

10/15/22
by taz

"And goddamn it was tasty"

There is a more summer dish than this ? Water melon,  feta and mint.  @ristorantelavolpenera #tuscany #toscana #toskana #chianti #salvadonica #summerdish #watermelon #fetaThere is a more summer dish than this ? Water melon, feta and mint. @ristorantelavolpenera #tuscany #toscana #toskana #chianti #salvadonica #summerdish #watermelon #feta by Salvadonica, Chianti, Tuscany (cc by)

nayantara is looking for unusual food combos in Ask Metafilter

08/07/22
by taz

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