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Chris (from my podcast) and I went on a road trip through the south a couple of months ago and his partner Alix happens to be gluten-free. We stopped at some janky ass Whole Foods in hopes of getting some super-spreader salad bar action that Iâd been so desperately missing in California. Unfortunately, their selection was shit and everyone ordered sushi for some reason, but someone had the smarts to grab a bag of these for the road. Every one of us in the car could not stop crunching, I became ravenous, hoarding the nuggets. All GF foods have a different crunch to them, sometimes for the better, usually not, but these have a severe crunch, as Chris told Phoebe Bridgers on a recent episode of our pod. After researching them, theyâre made with super sustainable sorghum as the base, which is common in the south, it kinda looks like a smaller popcorn kernel, and pops up just the same. If you go to a fancy restaurant in the Carolinas that hasnât changed in a decade, you might find pops of sorghum on the plate next to some piece of fish or something.
Mar 9, 2021
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Found most recently in the bulk section at Winco (for hella cheap, natch). Gluten-free. Cholesterol-free. Lightly sweet seedy snack. They fuck me up.
Mar 21, 2024
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My friend Maddy (No Good With Secrets, Ogbert The Nerd) had a box of Buc-ee's Beaver Nuggets snack delivered to my apartment upon my inquiry via Instagram as to what they were. Despite seeing the southern convenience store chain frequently referenced on social media I have never been to a Buc-ee's and was shocked to find out how great this bag of brown sugar flavored corn puffs actually was. If you are a fan of Waffle Crisp cereal or anything labeled "contains a bioengineered food ingredient" I recommend trying these out if you get the chance.
Nov 23, 2023
Specifically outback BBQ. For all my gluten free homies that miss pringles because SOMEHOW PRINGLES HAVE GLUTEN IN THEM? Adds a little Aussie flair to my lunch break too
Feb 26, 2025
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Nigella Bites was a British show hosted by home cook turned star, Nigella Lawson, in the early 2000s. It was very Sex and The City meets effortless chic ambient television and 20 years ago I wondered why I had such a crush on this woman. Watching it now, the recipes are a bit outdated and she uses this giant two-handed Medieval weapon to chop her parsley which didnât age well, but the overall message sheâs attempting to convey does. I yearn for a time in the food world where we werenât all so concerned with finding the next new thing to post about and could just enjoy the simplicity of things. One time I was at the now-shuttered LA restaurant âTrois Mecâ and I spotted Nigella having dinner with Anthony Bourdain. It made me wonder if they were always meant for each other, or just two old dogs from a bygone era trying to make sense of the new and confusing world of food. Plus, the handmade artwork is cute. The last era of television where people could kind of do what they wanted to do, hire their friends to help out, and not have data analytics drive the narrative.
Mar 9, 2021
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People ask me about kitchen equipment all the time, but most often itâs about a knife. People get excited about a crazy handmade Japanese blade or think they need some gnarly-ass knife to be a real chef, but unless youâre slicing sushi on a daily basis, you really donât. I got this blade as a gift from my friend Andre, and it never left my drawer. Thereâs good clearance between the handle and the blade so people with larger hands or fat fingers will have room to chop, the tip is rounded so when youâre slicing an avocado while itâs still in itâs skin, you wonât cut your hand open, spilling blood on your eggs, and there even a hole punched in the tip if youâre the kind of person who likes hanging things on the wall. Whenever I bring my knives in to get sharpened, this Mac blade is the only one that the sharpener man feels compelled to compliment, a knifemanâs knife if you will. Also, at a hundred bucks, itâs perfect for your daily driver knife, you wonât feel the need to baby it like some hand-pounded tech bro carbon steel with a dragon engraved in the handle.
Mar 9, 2021
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I have a lot of cookbooks but I never cook out of them, people give them to me because they think I will like them. I have never even attempted a recipe out of this book but I love it a lot. Brooks is the chef behind NY fav veggie spot Superiority Burger, and he cut his teeth for years as one of the cities great pastry chefs. I love this book because itâs extremely readable. In between insane Michelin-level recipes, heâll have stories about his band Born Against (a band I enjoyed in high school!) touring across the world, or just Brooks letting one of his employees share a recipe for biscuits instead of making it all about him. Itâs not taking a cookbook deal as the opportunity to change his life and become the next Ottolenghi, he basically made a hardcover zine about his story and how he got to where he is. If you have someone in your life who grew up around punk music and is now old, get them this book. Theyâll form a bond with it, even if they donât know what a Kouign-Amann is. Also, the photography and graphic design are refreshingly honest.
Mar 9, 2021