Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to learn that your salted caramel mocha latte is destroying society and we didn't invent fermented foods — they invented us Hi there! A few days ago, the word whimsy started appearing everywhere on my feeds. Get-ready-with-me videos, pink home décor, TikTok
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start using churro umbrellas, Stilton apertures, and meeting random strangers to eat fried starchy tuberous vegetables Hi there! You're probably wondering how my diet is going. No? Doesn't matter. This week I'm using AI to navigate
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start you personal war. This time vs Jamie Oliver, René Redzepi, and all the foodies out there Hi there! Apparently, war times call for culinary wars. Some cool reading along this issue. Hope you like it. Take care, don't be
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to enjoy your last meal, living like a monk, dining like a king, and drinking Butter Tea Hi there! One day, if I'm lucky, I'll have grandchildren who might ask me: "Grandpa, what were you doing during the
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start baking, lowering the grocery bill, and cooking on a luxury yacht Hi there! Two ideas caught my attention this week, and you'll find them linked around in this issue. The first is a reframe of the 1% concept — not
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start asking questions, discover the real nature of fungi and drink stacked water (whatever that is) Hi there! And Ramadan Mubarak! This week we have fasting and butter, mushrooms and chili ganache. I think we're good, then. Piero ✹Merlin Sheldrake,
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start making omelettes with Rosalía, licking the rims, and rediscover the lower senses Hi there! In less than seven days I attended the opening of an Olympic Games, found myself in the same room as George Clooney, had lunch at the chef&
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start your day having lunch Bengaluru, dinner in Milan, drinks in Tokyo, and a football party in Santa Clara Hi there! I'm writing from the Olympic city of Milan, where things are hectic. You know, we're hours away
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start collecting bread tags, watching food doppelgangers, and melting gold on your risotto even if it has no flavor at all Hi there! You know what? It seems that luxury spending has shifted dramatically and "stuff" doesn't signal
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start drinking the greatest wine in the world while having soup in the morning and shark meat in the evening Hi there! Later today I'll be all in with Drops of God Season 2, even if I'm pretty
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start serving the best portion of a good person's life, while watching rom-com bits and air-frying banana slices Hi there! This 2026 is having a rough start. Some soft vibes are needed. Hope you find some here today. Piero ✹Allen
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start considering that man is the pie that bakes and eats himself on a neverending glucose roller coaster Hi there! Has 2026 started well for you? I don't put much stock in New Year's resolutions, but I do