Hi there!
I hope you put on hold whatever life you had before and are playing - like the rest of us - the honorable game of Wordle.
Guessing a five-letter word within six tries - one a day - became "the quiche of the '20s" and a personal obsession for many. It's very important you know, at this point, that the 5-letter words to use first include food terms like roast and ratio, but I always go with ramen because - c'mon - everything's already there.
I'm surprised there isn't a food-oriented Wordle, yet: we already have a swear version, a queer clone, a changing word one.
If I were a social sensation, with millions of followers, I would challenge you with that: give me a five-ingredient recipe with just six steps from raw to cooked. But I'm not, and the challenge is quite mental, so let's play Wordle in peace for today.
Piero
PS: don't underestimate the power of the 5x5 matrix. Jamie Oliver made a book from it (a decent one, in fact) and Kwoklyn Wan wrote another.
Picture: Vincent van Gogh, Still life with a plate of onions (1889) and a Wordle grid (2022). Onion, by the way, is a five-letter word.
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All day, the lizard would stalk across the land, grazing. He ate fruit and grass, insects and fish. When the moon rose, the lizard would go to sleep and dream of eating. Then the moon would set and the lizard would wake and begin eating again. The lizard’s curse was that he would never be full, although the lizard didn’t know this was a curse.
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THE MISSING INGREDIENT
KYLE WALK WITH ME
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You must know by now that Kyle MacLachlan made a surprise cameo, walking on the Prada runway. He's been many things in life, but to me, he always will be Twin Peaks' special agent Dale Cooper.
If you're not familiar with that tv series by David Lynch, you just know that it was viral as Stranger Thing was and sick like... Like an average human after the worst fugu experience.
Below - in the Food for Later section - you'll see why Twin Peaks was the Original Foodie Show (wanna host a themed dinner party? You're served). And there's a montage video too if you don't believe me.
Here, I just want you to enjoy Kyle's favorites: a "damn fine cup of coffee" and the juiciest cherry pie (★Laurel's recipe)
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AT HOME
K-pop cooking
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When you read David Chang's memoir Eat a Peach, a name always comes out: Peter Serpico. The guy - and what a family name! - was partly responsible for the best results of Chang's restaurants: Momofuku Noodle Bar, Momofuku Ssäm Bar, and Momofuku Ko. Now, Serpico is a genuine cook and a fierce Korean. Plus he shares in this helpful book the secrets of instant kimchi and sweet-and-spicy grilled cauliflower we can make at home if you don't live in a garlic-free building.
Learning Korean by Peter Serpico
→ Shortplot: 🥬 🌶 🍖 🍚
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RANDOM ACTS OF HUNGER
This is the space where I share some food (un)related stuff of my week
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Crow blood-stained donuts, glossy pies, coffee, huckleberry pie, and again damn fine cups of coffee. Before the Food Network, there was Dale Cooper’s fanatical love for the specialties of Twin Peaks, Washington.
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Sugar to make jewelry? It may sound a little x-rated, but it is a fascinating tradition worthy of being heard.
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SEASON 2 - ISSUE 64
Secret Breakfast is a newsletter by Piero Macchioni
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