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Issue 08 – Bar Soap

Unbox Inbox • 852 implied HN points • 09 Jan 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Bar soap can be a fun and thoughtful gift for people who appreciate design and aesthetics.
  2. Bar soap packaging can offer creative ways to engage customers with typography and design.
  3. Bar soap comes in a wide range of shapes, colors, and scents, making it a versatile and creative product to explore.

The culinary language of Catalunya

Longer Tables with José Andrés • 707 implied HN points • 29 Jan 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Catalan language has unique food-related words like 'Pà' for bread and 'Mar i muntanya' for 'sea and mountains'.
  2. Catalan is spoken in various regions beyond Catalonia, like Valencia, Balearic Islands, Andorra, Italy, and France.
  3. Learning some Catalan food words can enrich your culinary experience, like 'Botifarra amb mongetes' for sausage with white beans.

Leek and Squash Mini Galettes

Susanality • 687 implied HN points • 02 Feb 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Recipe for Leek and Butternut Squash Galette that can be served as a main dish or appetizer.
  2. Changes to the newsletter: Free subscribers get less emails with one recipe per month, paid subscribers get bonus content in weekly emails.
  3. Tips for making the galette: Use pre-peeled squash for convenience, make the pastry dough and prep ingredients in advance, and adjust flour choices to suit your preference.

KP+: Black sesame and Yuzu Milk Buns

Kitchen Projects • 609 implied HN points • 11 Feb 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Yuzu is a popular ingredient with a unique floral acidity, sometimes hard to find but worth seeking out for its flavor.
  2. The process of making black sesame and yuzu milk buns was revisited after years, resulting in a successful comeback with added yuzu curd.
  3. Two different shaping methods were shared for the buns, both yielding delicious results especially enhanced with the yuzu curd.
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Flavour Chords

Vittles • 128 implied HN points • 26 Nov 25
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Flavours are experienced like musical notes, and combining them creates "flavour chords" that guide how recipes are imagined and built.
  2. Concrete examples are given: chamomile, hazelnut and smoked honey sablés, and a bay leaf, ginger and clementine hot chocolate, each paired with soundscapes to deepen the tasting experience.
  3. Brief moments of taste and sound can leave long-lasting memories that fuel creative obsession and careful refinement in the kitchen.

Simple Food

So Here’s a Thing • 943 implied HN points • 07 May 23
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Cooking with a few high-quality ingredients can make a delicious dish.
  2. The magic of cooking lies in understanding how ingredients interact and balance each other.
  3. Simple recipes can bring back memories and connect us to loved ones.

Baked Radicchio

A Small and Simple Thing • 491 implied HN points • 15 Jan 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Developed a love for bitter foods like Campari and Aperol cocktails.
  2. Radicchio is a versatile vegetable that can be enjoyed in various ways such as raw in salads or charred in a pan.
  3. Baked and marinated radicchio is a delicious option for indoor cooking during colder seasons.

Lentils, anyone?

A Small and Simple Thing • 432 implied HN points • 22 Jan 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Lentils are quick to cook, versatile, and make delicious meals like salads or veggie burgers.
  2. Having a stockpile of lentils is handy for easy and satisfying meal prep with greens and a protein.
  3. Cooking lentils for new parents is a low-stress way to offer support with high impact eating.

Meyer Lemon-Pepper Adobo Pasta

illyanna Maisonet's Newsletter • 471 implied HN points • 09 Jan 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Paid subscribers get access to exclusive content like Instagram 'Close Friends' list, written recipes, and videos of recipes.
  2. Citrus is an essential ingredient in cooking, often used to add brightness and acidity to dishes.
  3. Supporting local produce and enjoying fresh citrus from neighborhood trees can enhance the flavors in meals.

221 | The Worst and Weirdest Food Frauds of 2025 |

The Rotten Apple • 42 implied HN points • 12 Jan 26
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. A food-safety newsletter grew its audience in 2025 and plans to keep offering more events, resources, podcasts and curated content in 2026.
  2. Food fraud in 2025 was widespread and often disgusting or dangerous. Examples included toxic chemicals on sprouts, heavily contaminated juice, recycled 'saliva oil', meat substitution, reprocessed expired cheese and illegal bushmeat.
  3. Regulators and law enforcement carried out seizures, arrests and large recalls, and ongoing alerts (like a major infant formula recall and stolen green coffee) show that businesses and consumers need to stay vigilant.

A Bittersweet Campari Sour for Valentine’s Day

Cocktails With Suderman • 419 implied HN points • 09 Feb 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. A Campari Sour is a simple yet delicious cocktail perfect for Valentine's Day, combining bittersweet and complex flavors.
  2. Adding a saline solution can enhance the taste of a Campari Sour by balancing the flavors and making it more floral.
  3. Experimenting with additional ingredients like Bénédictine can add layers and depth to the Campari Sour, making it complex and comforting.

Kitchen Project #117: How to Pair a Pear

Kitchen Projects • 687 implied HN points • 08 Oct 23
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Understanding flavor involves more than just taste; aroma, chemical reactions, and texture play a big role.
  2. Flavor combinations are complex and personal, not solely based on shared aroma compounds.
  3. Poaching pears in a flavorful liquid can enhance their taste and texture, with beer being a surprising but delicious option.

Kitchen Project #96: Semla aka Swedish Cream Buns

Kitchen Projects • 668 implied HN points • 19 Feb 23
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Pancake Day, known as Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, is celebrated with different traditions around the world.
  2. Semla, a Swedish cream bun filled with almond paste, is a popular treat consumed in large quantities in Sweden around Fat Tuesday.
  3. To make a perfect semla at home, focus on details like incorporating cardamom for flavor, ensuring cream is properly whipped for piping, and preparing almond paste with the right texture.

Recipe: Indian Butter Chickpeas

Wordloaf • 589 implied HN points • 01 Nov 23
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Recipe for Indian Butter Chickpeas is a vegetarian version of a popular Indian dish.
  2. The recipe swaps chicken for chickpeas and heavy cream for cashews to cater to a plant-based diet.
  3. The Indian Butter Chickpeas recipe includes detailed instructions for a flavorful dish.

The Way You Do the Things You Do

Wordloaf • 609 implied HN points • 22 Feb 23
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Efficiency is important in baking for both home bakers and professionals.
  2. Tactile feedback can be a valuable reason for choosing certain baking methods over others.
  3. Finding joy in the baking process is a valid reason to choose specific techniques.

The Glory of Cacik

So Here’s a Thing • 609 implied HN points • 29 Jul 23
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Cacik is a versatile dish that can enhance different types of meals like sandwiches, salads, and soups.
  2. The recipe for Cacik involves simple ingredients like cucumber, garlic, Greek yogurt, mint, salt, and pepper.
  3. Personalize the Cacik recipe by adjusting the quantities and ingredients to suit your taste preferences.

no. 81: putrescence, euphoria

let them eat cake • 199 implied HN points • 17 Mar 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Sambal belacan is a spicy condiment with chili and fermented shrimp paste.
  2. Learning to make sambal belacan involves tradition, lore, and personal taste preferences.
  3. Tasting different versions of sambal belacan can reveal unique nuances and preferences, like the impact of ingredients and preparation methods.

Ómós Digest #127: An Assassination Custard

Ómós Digest • 255 implied HN points • 09 Feb 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Assassination Custard in Dublin offers a unique dining experience without a traditional menu structure.
  2. The chefs at Assassination Custard combine diverse culinary influences to create simple yet flavorful dishes.
  3. Focus on the value of the dining experience rather than getting caught up in the cost.

Eggplant Deep Dive

Susanality • 471 implied HN points • 15 Sep 23
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Eggplant is a versatile ingredient that can be a meat substitute.
  2. Preparing eggplant doesn't have to be time-consuming; there are various cooking methods like grilling and stewing.
  3. Tips for cooking with eggplant include not salting it, using smaller eggplants, and grilling or roasting thick slices.

A Dark Rum Tea Toddy

Cocktails With Suderman • 279 implied HN points • 19 Jan 24
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. A Dark Rum Tea Toddy is a complex cocktail made with rum, sweet vermouth, Black Walnut bitters, syrup, and black tea.
  2. This cocktail builds on the basic Hot Toddy formula but requires specific ingredients that may need some planning to acquire.
  3. The combination of high-proof rum, vermouth, bitters, syrup, and herbal tea creates a unique, aromatic, and complex drink that showcases the versatility of the Hot Toddy format.

Radicchio + Beet + Fennel Salad

Susanality • 393 implied HN points • 17 Feb 23
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Try making a Radicchio, Beet, and Fennel Salad for a fresh winter dish
  2. Keep fennel, beets, and radicchio on hand for easy salad ingredients that last long
  3. Experiment with adding different fruits, nuts, and cheeses to enhance the salad

Baked Turkey-Spinach Meatballs

Susanality • 353 implied HN points • 29 Sep 23
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Recipe for Baked Turkey-Spinach Meatballs can be made ahead of time, perfect for a cozy dinner on a chilly evening.
  2. The recipe provides flexibility in the choice of ground meat and includes detailed instructions for making the meatballs and sauce.
  3. Additional tips are provided for preparing the dish in advance, making it convenient for busy schedules.

The 9 Fundamental Ingredients to Thrive with Product Management

Untrapping Product Teams • 157 implied HN points • 07 Feb 24
💼 Business Ingredients
  1. Product management is like cooking: it's not just about the recipe, but also about how you do it and the ingredients you use.
  2. Recognize the fundamental ingredients for thriving in product management, such as product vision, strategy, goals, and testing assumptions.
  3. Having a strong product vision is crucial for inspiring and motivating teams to progress in the right direction.

Irish Brown Soda Bread with Nettles

Susanality • 294 implied HN points • 07 Apr 23
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Irish Brown Soda Bread with Nettles contains nettles, not dulse.
  2. Nettles are one of the earliest spring plants and add a unique flavor to the bread.
  3. The bread is versatile - you can substitute nettles with other ingredients like scallions or dulse.

Nick Bramham’s Ultimate Club Sandwich

Vittles • 130 implied HN points • 23 Jul 25
🍲 Food & Drink Ingredients
  1. Seasonal tomatoes can really change how a dish tastes. Fresh, ripe tomatoes are much better than tasteless ones, and they can make a sandwich special.
  2. The classic club sandwich should be layered with care. Using good ingredients and balancing textures and flavors makes for a memorable bite.
  3. There are common mistakes when making club sandwiches, but with the right tips, anyone can succeed in making one that tastes amazing.