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Hi there!

In his new essay, The Techno-Optimist Manifesto (take a look at it), tech investor Marc Andreessen writes:

Good cooks are great technology, then.

Piero

Every now and then Magnum sells small square reprints of its authors. A portion of the profits from the sale to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). ▶︎ On sale you can find a stunning picture of Palestinian Children in Gaza, year 2021, shot by Fatima Shbair right after a cease-fire. It’s incredible how pictures change meaning as things change in the world.

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THE BEST QUOTE

✦ Michael Lewis, Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, a book about Sam Bankman-Fried, the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby.

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THE MISSING INGREDIENT

COOKING WITH CHEMISTRY

This may look a sponsored content, but it’s actually me sharing my curiosity about the next episodes of Lessons in Chemistry (I know it is a successful boo), the latest Apple TV+ show featuring Captain Marvel Brie Larson as an almost fearless chemist, passionate about cooking and overruling a macho world. First doing research in the labs, then cooking on tv.

During the show, you’ll see her trying to understand the laws of the perfect cheese melting in your lasagna, percolating coffee from the lab’s beaker, baking (and trashing) a very peculiar Garden Galette (★recipe). I really like the style of the latter, with the 3D effect made possible by the asparagus and the mushrooms.

Can’t blame the Apple TV+ marketing team that made a whole skeuomorphic recipes website for this gorgeous character. Can’t wait for episode 3.

Picture: Apple TV+

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THE BOOK

Anima Latina

★★★★☆

I’m stealing The New York Times lead: “Just as Sandra A. Gutierrez was about to embark on a research trip to the 23 cities throughout Latin America that she planned to cover in her fifth cookbook, the coronavirus pandemic grounded international travel”. Zoom was the answer to writing this encyclopedia-style cookbook that has unusual recipes like Pasta con palta or Sopa Seca con Albahaca à la Chinchana.

Latinísimo by Sandra A. Gutierrez
→ Shortplot: 🥑 🌶️ 🌞 🦐

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RANDOM ACTS OF HUNGER

This is the space where I share some food (un)related stuff of my week. A lot of Instagram this time, sorry

💃🏼Taylor Swift’s Chai tea Cookies (★recipe) 💸 71 Cheap Dinner Ideas That Do the Most With the Least (★recipes) 🍪The 20 Minutes Salted Mocha Brownie Cookies (★recipe) 🍨The Most Iconic Dessert from Every Decade 🥭Amba, the Iraqi Condiment That Will Fancy Up Your Salsa Game (★recipe) 🥛The Oat-Milk Cocktail That Took Down an Army 🌶️Yes, We Dig Salsa Macha As Well (★recipe) 🕶️ The 1 Thing You’ll Never See in a Stanley Tucci Recipe (spoiler: It’sPassion Fruit!) 🥣Make some Coffee-Almond-Coconut granola at home (★recipe) 🀰12,952 cereal boxes topple like dominoes in Detroit 🍫Dark Chocolate Olive Oil Cake (★recipe) 🎃And Sourdough Pumpkin Pancakes (★recipe) 🥮A Softer - and lighter - Cheesecake Alternative (★recipe)

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FOOD FOR LATER

Eating at the End of the Earth 
Julia Skinner / Root

A warming story from McCarthy Alaska, a remote town in Southeast Alaska, where the right meal can unite people.

The Crimes Behind the Seafood You Eat 
Ian Urbina / The New Yorker

Americans know little about how their seafood is sourced. Much of it comes from a vast fleet of Chinese ships.

➤ Last week's most clicked link was about The Argentinian Comfort Food You Should Always Have In Your Freezer. And that's all for today.