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There’s no doubt that, in a certain hemisphere, the only dish worthy to be remembered this week was the plastic/pater one used to build masks and goggles to watch the Solar Eclipse

We have time til’ the next total eclipse: which will be on August 12, 2026 in Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and Russia.

Piero

Sabiha Çimen - Magnum: the agency did a project for Squarespace, and the results are quite interesting.

✦ José Andrés, chef and activist, Let People Eat.

¡Hola!

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Spring and Summer are made to eat more Spanish. This classic is 40 years old now and it’s been republished. It is also known as “the only book you need to cook Spanish at home” and 1080 recipes are there to confirm that.

Spain: The Cookbook by Simone and Inés Ortega, and Ferran Adrià
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I had an epiphany. I had fallen in love with a café 
Tracey Thorn / The New Statesman

“About a year ago I fell in love with a café. It isn’t a new café, or even new to me. In fact, it is a place I have visited on and off for close to 40 years, although sometimes with long gaps. It’s not a trendy café, or a gourmet café, or the type of place that features on Instagram”.

Sweet Tea With Emily Dickinson 
Sybil Rosen / Salvation South

How a small crew in tiny Whitesburg, Georgia, turned the work of a 19th century New England poet into a touring fundraiser for small-town public libraries in the South. Emily Dickinson probably never heard of Whitesburg, Georgia. With a special tea (★recipe)

New York City’s new Gilded Age 
Linette Lopez / Business Insider

For Wall Street’s elite, dining out is suddenly louder and more extravagant than ever. The bars and restaurants that put the glint on New York City never stopped partying.

➤ Last week's most clicked link was How to Make a Salad You’re Actually Excited to Eat. And that's all for today.