Serious Eats
What Is a Garlic Germ, and Should You Remove It?
6 min · · Does the garlic germ—the sprout in the center of a clove—really make a difference in the flavor of a dish? · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
Bon Appétit
The "White People Food" Meme Is Trapping Us All
2 min · · How did "Where's the seasoning?" become the internet's favorite food joke? · Shared by 320, including Rick Powell
SAPIENS
Why Do (Some) Humans Love Chili Peppers?
6 min · · An anthropologist traces the origins and world travels of one of his favorite kinds of plants: chili peppers. · Shared by 245, including Rick Powell
mexconnect.com
A culinary guide to Mexican herbs: Las hierbas de cocina, Part Two
2 min · · Part One: A culinary guide to Mexican herbs: Las hierbas de cocina Last month’s column contained a list of Mexican culinary herbs – some as well-known as cilantro, and others a bit more esoteric – and… · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
mexconnect.com
A culinary guide to Mexican herbs: Las hierbas de cocina
9 min · · Spring is the season of renewal, evident in the green buds poking up through the warming earth and, here in Mexico, symbolized by the wheat sprouts that adorn altars during Easter week. For many… · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
BuzzFeed
35 Game Changing Food, Cooking, And Eating Charts
· Reading this is like taking a cooking course in a five minutes. · Shared by 2200, including Rick Powell
Eater
How to Build a Sandwich That Belongs in a Restaurant
5 min · · The secrets to building restaurant-worthy sandwiches, from the bread to the textures to the acid · Shared by 524, including Rick Powell
BBC News (World)
The 500-year-old snack
5 min · · Born from a muddy pool of water, the succulent century egg has endured as a comfort food for hundreds of years. · Shared by 247, including Rick Powell
southernkitchen.com
Food preservation: How it started and how it became Southern
6 min · · The art of preserving foods, whether pickling, canning, making jams and jellies or curing, has made a comeback. · Shared by 733, including Rick Powell
The Guardian
End of the avocado: why chefs are ditching the unsustainable fruit
4 min · · End of the avocado: why chefs are ditching the unsustainable fruitGive peas a chance – as well as pistachios, fava beans and pumpkin seed paste. These are just some of the ingredients being used to… · Shared by 461, including Rick Powell, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Roger Dooley
globalvoices.org
Mexican Cuisine Declared Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO
3 min · · Mexican cuisine is well known for its variety of flavors and colors, and for its combination of different spices and unique ingredient. This year it was declared a "Masterpiece of the Oral and… · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Serious Eats
How to Really Use an Instant Pot and Other Multi-Cookers
11+ min · · An analysis of the most useful functions on the Instant Pot and other multi-cookers. · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
Serious Eats
Guide to Thai Curry Pastes
14+ min · · How to make, use, and store Thai curry pastes, one of the most versatile base ingredients. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
Serious Eats
This Stir-Fry Hack Changes Everything
13+ min · · An easy way to approximate wok hei, the inimitable flavor imparted to food with proper wok technique, is to use a blowtorch. · Shared by 8
mexiconewsdaily.com
This Mexican Independence Day, don’t forget pomegranates and walnuts
· Chiles en nogada, a colorful, patriotic dish featuring late summer produce, dates back to the 19th century. · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Serious Eats
The Michelada Roadmap: Our Template for a Great Beer Cocktail
5 min · · The best michelada is icy, spicy, and tart, with the perfect balance of several potent components. Done well, it's one of the best summer drinks around. Here's how to get it right. · Shared by 9, including Rick Powell