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5/16/2021
11 : 24

Baked oat industrial complex

A slight deviation from topic this week, as sponsored by the algorithm. I'm not sure how down the rabbit hole your Instagram algorithm is, but for the last month or so my FYP page has been filled
3/27/2021
15 : 4

Cooking prompts for when all you want to eat are mini cheddars

Starting the letter with a little bit of hope. Wild garlic season is a time of year I'm really grateful for life. If you don't live in the UK or are not immersed in garlic fever, wild garlic
1/31/2021
21 : 54

Recipes for my friends: lamb for Carl, and JP's easy lemon tart

None of us has seen our loved ones as often as we'd like to in the past year, and we've all had to find new ways to communicate affection. I've found brutally murdering some on Among Us as
12/23/2020
16 : 44

Instagram mums saved my cooking this year

I know a big lifestyle struggle for many people during the pandemic has been finding inspiration to cook and eat. Food is not simply just fuel but a reason to get through a tough workday, a creative
11/13/2020
6 : 47

Fried Rice Fan Account

I'm sorry for the lateness of this letter. I've managed to fill my lockdown a bit too much to the brim, and have failed to find time to write. However, I'm back, and as if my joy for
9/13/2020
14 : 34

My dream is finally getting cancelled by Italian food Twitter

Sorry for the delay on this one, it's been a busy month. My level of eating recently has been "pots of Dole strawberry jelly." But here's one nice meal I had recently. I don't
8/2/2020
14 : 34

100% home grown, processed, and authentic

I've been caught in a thought cycle recently about what I dislike about food writing, prompted by the issue that I've felt for a little bit that I don't know *how* to write about food, and
7/1/2020
16 : 7

For a dollar, cook something by a non-white person

Is this late? Is it early? I've really lost my idea of time right now - I'm leaning real hard into tea time, but the kind of tea time you have when you're wealthy or 50 and can spend three
7/1/2020
16 : 7

The last thing I want to write about right now is food

It's going to be a quick one this week. I've tried to write this newsletter for a while but I keep coming back to the immovable mountain - it's really hard, at this point in the pandemic,
7/1/2020
16 : 7

~soft~

I feel that I've either reverted to age five or sped through my life to age 80. I just want to eat things that are soft. More than once a day I end up in a silky daydream. I think about soft tofu,