Your Executive Order Is on Its Way 🫡

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January 21, 2025

Welcome to Secret Breakfast / An exclusive newsletter, the best place to start your Golden Age with Japanese lunchboxes, resurrected TikTokers, and some questionable executive orders

Sakamoto Days

Hi there!

How did your Blue Monday go? I just found a new anime I want to watch, even though I don't have much free time.

On the cooking side, I’m pretty sure I’ve lost 22 pounds in a few months - congrats to me - just because I’ve chosen to follow a boring diet without even trying to make my menus fancier. Then I had a baking week for my daughters’ birthday and things went wild with pizza, Sacher Torte, and Red Velvets.

Parties are supposed to be fun, aren’t they?

Piero

PS: some silly content is coming today as we try new things.

ONE ✤ QUOTE

✦ James Clear, Atomic Habits author.

Bentos are my obsession. A well-made bento should be a box of balanced food, color, different flavors, care, and surprise—a small meal that goes a long way. Unfortunately, most of the time, we go for a small box packed with sad stuff or crumbles of leftovers. No more! Sara Kiyo Popowa’s book has a smart take on something that could make us smile even at the office.

Bento Lunchbox: Brilliantly Balanced Lunchbox Recipes by Sara Kiyo Popowa
→ Shortplot: 🍱 🍙 🍡 🍘

WHO’S ORDERED THOSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS?

Is the new administration short on glasses?

BREAKING: During the last few hours, the newly appointed President of Dining Affairs has signed several executive orders - about 100 - addressing critical food and restaurant matters. Our newsroom has received and verified these documents. Here are the most significant orders that will impact your dining experience:

🌮"In accordance with Section 4 of the Taco Treaty, I hereby declare that putting pineapple in al pastor tacos (★recipe) is a violation of the Tromsø Flavor Convention. Furthermore, calling a flour tortilla wrapped around shredded lettuce and cheddar cheese a 'street taco' shall be considered an act of culinary imperialism. All violators must attend mandatory salsa verde sensitivity training."

🍟"By executive order of Table 12, all french fries are hereby declared a shared resource, effective immediately. Any attempt to claim 'just a few' while systematically depleting the basket shall be considered an act of dining room aggression. Those found guilty will be sentenced to picking up the check."

🥩"As acting President of the 7:30 PM Dinner Reservation, I'm invoking the Gender Menu Protocol: Men shall no longer feel compelled to order 'manly' steaks (★recipe) when they actually want that cute little goat cheese salad, and women are hereby liberated from the tyranny of only ordering dishes marked with a little heart symbol. The right to order a burger bigger than your head shall not be denied or abridged on account of gender."

🥗"Furthermore, in the interest of national stomach security, I hereby declare that the phrase 'I'll just have a salad' followed by eating everyone else's food is classified as high treason. A state of emergency is declared when the last bite of dessert remains unclaimed – diplomatic negotiations will commence via meaningful eye contact."

The White House Kitchen has declined to comment on whether more orders are expected in the coming days.

Juicy content from food creators, this week something for the winter

This is the space where I share some food (un)related stuff of my week

🍵Change Your Green Tea Routine and Roast Your Own Houjicha (★recipe) 🎤Japanese Breakfast is on Tour 🥤Make Your Own Sports Drink (★recipe) 🔍How to Find Ultraprocessed Food Alternatives 🍳What if You Just Don’t Like Breakfast? 🎂I Baked Magnolia Bakery’s Red Velvet Cake with Whipped Vanilla Icing: the Sponge is Awesome, the Vanilla Icing is Too Much (★recipe) 🇯🇵Make Your Own Japanese Mayo (★recipe) 📺Nick DiGiovanni Has a New YouTube Channel (★recipes) and finally He Takes It Slow 💸How to Save $1,000 Every Year with Delayed Gratification 🍨13 Desserts to Make If You're Doing Dry January (★recipes) 🥣Soup Drops are a NO

The Anti-Social Century
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic

In the past few decades, Americans have been spending less time with other people and more time alone. This is due in part to a rise in remote work and the popularity of smartphones and social media. Social isolation has been linked to a decline in mental health, including increased anxiety and depression. If you’re just like a 10% like that, it’s time to make a call and have lunch with somebody.

The app is safe for now, but the potential ban made people consider the cultural impact of TikTok on food. Here is the view of some prominent creators.

➤ Last week's most clicked link was LAist predicts 12 food trends that will be big in 2025. And that's all for today.