What does caviar have to do with the McRib? Hardly anything, other than they are edible and they are both featured in this blog post.

Now most of the time when I write blog posts on cooking and food, they are associated with recipes. Not today. This is mainly about highlighting good writing about food. So grab a chip and some caviar — or a McRib — and let’s go….

Here’s advice on how to be a better cook. This tells you what mirepoix is. And this tells you all about emulsification. These are some smart shortcuts for big flavor in your cooking. This is how to put those staples you have to good use.

You may be asking yourself…what is the diff between baking soda and baking powder? Should you subscribe to a farm box csa? What are eight good rules for dinner parties? What is a Coney Island hot dog?

You might wonder what should you cook when it’s insanely cold outside? What to make at New Years? What to make for your kids?What are the best caviars? And what are the best potato chips? What is the best air fryer?  What are some ways to eat less not no meat? How to know how to salt pasta water? What is the best pasta to eat in Italy?

You may even want to know who the eff is the food professor? What is the unstoppable Matty Matheson up to? How did Julie Powell and her julie julia blog change food writing?

So many good questions. Those links will help answer them.

I liked this piece on the late poet Charles Simic who had a love affair with spaghetti. Relatedly: when my mom died I mourned her with spaghetti. That too was good. Finally, here’s an obit for the great NY Times food critic, Mimi Sheraton.

You may not have realized that jelly is ready for a comeback. Or that there is great Aspic Renaissance. I personally am skeptical.

If you are curious about what Costco‚’s $4.99 rotisserie chicken says about the future of American farming, read that. If you are interested in food and how it relates to instagram or tiktok, then read those two pieces.

You may want to know what are the 45 Biggest Food Trends That Defined the Past 45 Years. You may not be surprised to learn that most canned ‘San Marzano’ Tomatoes are fake.

For restaurant goers, this talks about new restaurant plating trends. And this talks about the restaurant staff meal.

For fans of processed food, here’s something on McDonald’s McRib, the future of fast food, and the Florida ban on lab grown meat,

Caviar and the McRib. Two good things that normally do not go together, except in this blog post. 🙂 Thanks for reading it.