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Hi there!

I haven’t seen much food in it yet - except when they boil a whole man alive - but I’m obsessed with Shōgun this week.

You should skip it if you’re more of a sous-vide-no-blade person.

Piero

✦ Katherine Morgan Schafler, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power.

RAMEN TO DIE FOR

It’s movie week! DEATH & RAMEN is a short film starring Bobby Lee, directed by Tiger Ji and you can watch it on YouTube.

On his final night alive, a ramen chef goes on an unintended late-night odyssey with the Grim Reaper. They share a bowl of noodles and discover what it means to be human.

Longread Bonus: One Man’s Quest to Make the Perfect Ramen.

Appetite for destruction

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A cookbook editor nicknamed Piglet in the days leading up to her wedding, is poised to be a hit. But when her fiancée confesses a betrayal two weeks before they're set to be married, Piglet finds herself suddenly hungry. “When Piglet finally does confront the ugliness of her own desires, the novel’s great revelations lie in uncomplicatedly virtuous scenes that disappoint the promises wrought by class standoffs and ostentatiously ripped wedding attire”, writes The Guardian.

Piglet by Lottie Hazell
→ Shortplot: 👰🏻‍♀️ 🤤 🔥 🎂

🧮A Beginner’s Guide on How to Meal Prep Like a Pro 🇯🇵Muji has a recipes section 🎖️The very best foodstuff on the internet 🗺️Where to Eat in 2024 📺How Food Stylists on ‘Feud’ Brought La Côte Basque Back to Life 🧀Ridiculously Easy Cheddar Chive Biscuits (★recipe)  🍿The 38 All-Time Best Food Movies 🤖San Francisco Chronicle tries an AI chatbot — er, Chowbot — for food recs 🥛Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk (★recipe)  🛌 Healthy Bedtime Snacks To Eat Before Sleep 🇷🇴Romanian pharmacy museum reveals secret recipe of 200-year-old magic love potion 🐛Dune’s Fans Question: Where is food found on Arrakis? (spoiler: the “spice” there is not a proper spice)

Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy, Ozempic, and Mounjaro – food and your gut microbiome 
Christopher Damman / The Conversation

Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro are weight loss and diabetes drugs that have made quite a splash in health news. They target regulatory pathways involved in both obesity and diabetes and are widely considered breakthroughs for weight loss and blood sugar control. They’re not the only ones capable of that.

Drinking with Agatha Christie 
Naomi Kaye / Crime Reads

Tisanes, hot chocolate, a pint, gin and gingerbeer, a strong cup of tea: it’s simply not a Christie mystery without an array of beverages at the ready. As a long-term Christie devotee, during re-reads, certain aspects of her usage of beverages kept asserting themselves.

➤ Last week's most clicked link was about the 14 Unexpected Items That These Chefs Never Refrigerate. And that's all for today.

• SEASON 4 - ISSUE 174 •
Secret Breakfast is a newsletter
by Piero Macchioni

Think of it as The Morning Brew for food people, or just the most unconventional email you'll get today. In two years we have shared more than 2,000 recipes, hundreds of books, and countless hours of news, gluttony, and joy.

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