this diagram about population age change amuses me more that it probably should

how to cook chestnut stewed chicken, anhui style.

there are so few resources on trad cooking in china. this is way better if you speak mandarin; the lady is so warm and funny.

i would ff through the first minute, past the commentary about modern china.

i got to the bread thing from calvin harris’s bread story. ff to around 4:30.

chirp:

quanfer:

Bread shoes are not recommended for ninjas or thieves, who want to avoid leaving a trail of bread crumbs.

also posted by Steven today, an article reporting that a baguette dropped from a bird’s beak has shut down the Large Hadron Collider (really). looks like someone’s been loafing around at work — sorry, couldn’t help myself.

i was just going to post about this but someone beat me to it!

i’ve been at home watching heston blumenthal’s in search of perfection all day. it should really be called heston tries a bunch of random stuff in the name of “science” and then does the obvious traditional thing but with dry ice and sous vide.

i’ve never had treacle tart but i do love a good pecan pie. i had a maple pie once for some canadian celebration and was utterly horrified by it, mostly because it was normal pie sized and overwhelmingly maple. treacle tart is much shallower and lighter and watching this made me really hungry.

63words:

me: man, i should be doing pilates
me: but i am more interested in making meatloaf
erin: meatloaf is one of my most despised foods !
me: that is because you have never had my meatloaf dude
me: then you would be SINGIN’ A DIFFERENT TUNE
erin: ive hated it my whole life.
me: i can’t eat anybody else’s meatloaf but my own
me: for some reason, that last sentence sounds really creepy

i was 21 the first time i had meatloaf. and now i’m mildly obsessed by it, especially the kind with eggs inside. i tried to make it once, with noah, but he didn’t really know what he was doing and it was a total fail.

last night i got delivery for the first time since i moved here. i was feeling sick and wanted some pho but unfortunately none of the vietnamese places near my house deliver. i got thai instead and because there was a $20 minimum had to order all this:

chicken wonton soup, tofu pad see eww, ginger chicken

i just wanted soup! but at least i know what i’ll be eating for the next few days.

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i really want some takoyaki right now. i think it is the result of some kind of fever. i need to get a thermometer.

went to a tea tasting at my friend lisa’s. i love lapsang souchong.

i just bought this. i’m pretty sure it’s going to be awful, but whatevs, it was 3 dollars.