The humble potato – knobbly, versatile, and sometimes suspiciously shaped like a politician – is far more than just something to mash, fry, or boil. Whores, vodka, and influencers, this tale has it all
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Chopsticks: How Billions Use Them Daily and yet No one Really Knows What They’re Doing Chopsticks. Utterly simple, maddeningly fiddly, and wielded daily by over two billion people.[1] You’d think we’d have this whole “how to hold them” business down to a science by now — or at the very least, a flowchart. But no. When
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The World’s First Cookbook The World’s First Cookbook, dating back over 2,300 years, is a testament to the enduring fascination with documenting recipes. While cookbooks are commonplace today, the concept of preserving culinary knowledge has a surprisingly ancient history. The oldest known cookbook, titled Hedypathia, meaning “Pleasant Living,” was written by a Greek named Archestratus
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What have tyres got to do with food? The ultimate symbol of restaurant prestige? An outdated Eurocentric take on dining? Something worth killing yourself over? Nowadays the Michelin Guide and its stars can be all or none of the these, depending on your point of view. The guide was originally conceived by Michelin, the French
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