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I don't care much for the author, which is pretty much an alt-right version of the unabomber, but it's true how bloated most websites are.
Yes, let’s throw out all art, scientific advancements, technologies, inventions, books, anything with an author that we find problematic.
Also he hasn't contributed to "art, scientific advancements, technologies, inventions, books", as far as I can tell.
I have never in my life seen a good recipe for complete noobs. There's always something missing.
You'd probably be better off with a book from Alton Brown or someone like that. America's Test Kitchen stuff has pretty careful instructions as well although they're not necessarily pitched at complete novices. You could also do worse than Cooking for Geeks by Jeff Potter from O'Reilly.
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Nope, people got recipes from books and magazines, which were considered reliable gatekeepers. Looking back at some of the gelatin casseroles of the 60s, of course, casts doubt on some of that reliability.
> Nope, people got recipes from books and magazines, which were considered reliable gatekeepers. You're making my point - they were gatekeepers because they were discoverable and promoted. That's what gave them credibility. Just as showing in search results does now. People didn't pick cookbooks because they had the most aimless stories that hid the actual recipe.
Is it a pre-existing phrase with its own meaning, or it's just the name of the site?
Is this a meme meaning of the word "based" that I am too old to be aware of?
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If I had to hazard a guess, our table cutlery (i.e. the stuff people eat meals with) has somehow managed to get really bizarrely standardized. There are basically only two sizes of spoon in the normal set - a regular spoon, which has a fairly consistent size, and then a "soup spoon", which is a bit inconsistent (sometimes it's a larger size, sometimes it's round rather than teardrop-shaped, etc). So most likely they'…
Do you not have 'tea spoons' in the US? Or is that what you're referring to as a 'regular spoon'?
1 table/butter knife
1 regular fork
1 small ("salad") fork
1 regular ("table" large?) spoon - approx equiv to 1tbsp
1 small ("tea") spoon - approx equiv to 1tsp
Since the spoons are so flat, they can't really compare to a proper measuring spoon.
We didn't talk about the small forks much. The smaller variants get substantially less frequently, at least in my households.
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Any suggestions for a good cook book?
Listing out a few of my go tos! - Every grain of rice ( Fuschia Dunlop ) is close to what I’d consider a perfect cookbook. - Franklin BBQ ( Aaron Franklin ) is a definitive guide to how to use an offset smoker. I’ve read through portions over and over again - it’s only got about 10 recipes. - My two south’s ( Asha Gomez ) - A wonderful collection of recipes inspired by South India, the south. A good cook book will us…
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Yes, let’s throw out all art, scientific advancements, technologies, inventions, books, anything with an author that we find problematic.
Well I'm glad I didn't say anything of the sort then? I just said he's a cunt. Also he hasn't contributed to "art, scientific advancements, technologies, inventions, books", as far as I can tell.
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I wouldn’t read that much into it. Depending on the origin of the author it might be that not eating meat is just not common.
Nah, he's just an alt-right version of the unabomber: https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/vegan
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Any suggestions for a good cook book?
I was a professional chef for 17 years, 11 in Michelin star restaurants and 6 as a private yacht chef. I used Cooks Illustrated America's Test Kitchen's[0] cookbooks on the yacht, mostly The Best Recipe. [1] That set of recipes was perfect for what I was doing and freed me from having to think about what to make. There are was so much available I was doing a different dish every night and day for months on end. I alw…
If I have a criticism of them, it's that they make some things more complex than they need to be for little gain in the final product. They have you cook everything three different ways as a friend puts it. I think they've probably gotten a bit better on this front as well.