"I built some software that lets me visualize the connections across ingredients as maps."
Honestly, if that sentence alone doesn’t get you interested enough to click on web5.0’s MeFi Project titled “Flavor maps”, then I don’t know what to say, other than you’re missing out!
Vintage human stomach diagram
"People tend to be horrified or intrigued": Eyelash is looking for weird food combos that people enjoy, and Mefites do not disappoint.
Pineapple? 🍍 Pineapple. music for skeletons seeks suggestions for the whole pineapple, and gets some great ideas. Grill / roast caramelization sounds delicious! [Update: Also, Pineapple.]
Image via Carolina Gelen
What unholy merger of cuisines hath she wrought? scblackman brings us a gift from the interwebs: schnitzel latkes. But what should we call them?
via Slate, Julia Child on the set of her television show, with her editor Judith Jones in the background. Courtesy of Knopf
"Tell me what you cook, and I will tell you what you are." Frayed Knot posted Slate's 25 Most Important Recipes of the Past 100 Years
DrGail asks about recipe sites "where every recipe you've tried has been at least very good and most you've tried have made it into the regular rotation? The ones that absolutely nail the deliciousness-to-effort ratio?" Fellow Cooks of Metafilter, Enlighten Me!
"We might be the only glory hole to ever be inspected and certified by the Washoe County Board of Health": aubilenon comments on curious cuisine and haute hijinks at Burning Man in the Hear Us Out thread.
"Easy and quick stuff is what usually works for building habits into my life. What things are you doing to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into your diet?"
By MonicaVereanaWilliams - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
If you love cooking and recipes and food and foody things and trivia, lists, tips, quirky history, and/or you love old school web aesthetic, you're really going to love foodreference.com. Find Recipes For a Party Like It's 1999. (Today is Great American Pot Pie Day, by the way 🥧)
Photo by Tom Fisk
kliuless has an in-depth post on "the move by national governments, financial investors and private security forces to snap up food and water resources." Robber barons in the food system.
Photo of lemon couscous and cheese by Lisa Fotios on pexels.com
NotLost is looking for recipes with high return on investment, where the taste, appearance or "wow factor" is much more than the effort, time or money put into the dish.
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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.
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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.
A 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.
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