Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start making notebooks from fish skin, Gorgonzola croquettes, and bake a witchy focaccia Hi there! Last weekend I had some free time — and instead of hunting links for this newsletter I fell into a rabbit hole: self-hosting. A way to reduce platform
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to enjoy reindeer heart and scorched rice, extract oil from banana peels, and fry flowers with butter and batter Hi there! The other night, seven pieces of sushi, sparkling water, and a cover charge set me (actually my wife) back 52 euros. Not
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to learn how to enjoy Korean pony bread and pricey whale vomit while hiding your favorite recipes from the evil people Hi there! Sometimes this newsletter is... Well, you find the words. Have a good one. Piero ✹Orson Welles, from the movie The
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start folding space dumplings, slurping Coachella noodles and baking your own destiny Hi there! I did not expect having so much sweet stuff this week. Well, enjoy! Piero ✹Ernesto Sábato, El túnel. Dumplings in space First, thanks to Tostoini for that. What
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start spreading Italian hazelnut delicacies, while baking a sinful pie, dreaming about Malaysian food Hi there! As you know, NASA's Artemis II crew made history by traveling farther from Earth than any humans ever have. To get that far, the
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&