UPC
Much cheaper than FPC.
Word of the day: zaatar
“In Middle Eastern cuisine: a condiment made from any of these herbs (esp. thyme) singly or in combination, with dried sumac, toasted sesame seeds and salt.”
DQ Breeze
Was there ever a Dairy Queen product called the Breeze? Yes. It existed.
Representative Adrian Smith on “the necessity of nutrition”
Refusing to say whether every American is entitled to eat.
“Short Order Menus”
From 1930.
Overheard
“I can’t remember the last time I had a Tater Tot. They’re so good. You forget about ’em somehow.”
The making of soup
“How to Make Soup,” a New York Times guide.
Snarking at waffles
Mr. Potter’s restaurant is serving “Belgium waffles.”
Unique Original Pretzel “Splits”
Ordinary pretzels : “Splits” :: cardboard box : log cabin.
A Brooklyn bar menu
Sublimated oyster?
Peng Chang-kuei (1919?–2016)
Creator of General Tso’s chicken.
Smells like teen spinach
Teen spinach is at times awkward, at times moody.
Post-Depression cuisine
Talking on the phone recently, my mom and I got onto Foods of the Past.
Clara Cannucciari’s Depression cooking
A YouTube series.
Depression cuisine
“Freshness was not necessarily a virtue in the 1930s.”
Corn, dropped
From Verlyn Klinkenborg.
Green beans, from an old family recipe, such as it is, or was, or may have been, remembered and recreated long after the fact
The oregano is the secret.
An apple name
There was a Granny Smith.
Shredded lunch
Shredded Wheat, avocado, lemon juice, salt, pepper. Yow!
Shredded Wheat hack
Materials: two Shredded Wheat biscuits, one bowl, one one-gallon plastic bag, one free hand.
Planter
Outside a North End restaurant.
“Two Minutes About Sardines”
An essay by high-school student Fue Xiong.
One more reason to eat sardines
It takes fewer resources to catch them.
Garner's Usage Tip of the Day: gyro
Bryan Garner looks at gyro , gyro , and gyros . Gyroses ? No such thing.
Sardines and peppercorns
From King Oscar.
Saag and vindaloo
It finally occurred me to wonder what the words saag and vindaloo are all about.
Involuntary Brooklyn
Olive oil and meat and herbs and garlic.
Etiquette
“I like to eat with my hands. It gets me closer to the food.”
No more chicken and waffles?
East Coast Foods Inc., the parent company of Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles, has filed for bankruptcy.
Domestic comedy
Measuring, counting, and soup.