Fire Horses, Frozen Olympians and Super Bowl Parties 🐴
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 from the Milano Cortina 2026 opening ceremony.
Am I an Olympian? No way.
Just a day late with the newsletter—sorry about that!
Piero
✹Stewart Brand, author of Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One. Published by Stripe Press and everywhere in my newsfeed. Why I like it? Answer's fermentation! Bread, pickles, soy sauce, name yours.
Eat like it's the Year of the Horse
The Year of the Horse (and of Draco Malfoy) begins February 17, 2026. The Year of the Horse demands speed. But not the microwave kind: the kind of someone who knows what they want and gets it in 30 minutes. Here are a few recipes that gallop you toward lunch and dinner.
🔋Energy angle. The horse is movement, freedom, energy. Focus on fast but nourishing dishes - bowls ready in 20 minutes (★recipes), "saddle-friendly" recipes you can take anywhere, meal prep for people who never stop.
🥕Power ingredients. Oats (horse food becomes gourmet porridge), red beets (strength and endurance), glazed carrots, fennel. Or proteins that give you a boost: beef, eggs, legumes.
🫙Dishes on the move: Things you eat while going - gourmet sandwiches (★recipe), wraps (★recipe), salads in jars (★recipe). The horse doesn't stand still, neither do you.
🎉The horse is social. Offer a recipe for sharing - a big tray of lasagna, a barbecue spread, an elaborate charcuterie board. Something that brings people together.
Do you see yourself more on energy-speed or sharing-herd?
🌏From Aguascalientes to Bengaluru, Where to Eat Around the World in 2026 🏈25 Easy, Crowd-Pleasing Desserts for Super Bowl Parties (★recipes) 🥱7 kinds of rest (other than sleep) 🍷Save me a spot: in Japan there's a bar designed specifically for people who are considering leaving their jobs 🍊This Citrus Vinaigrette Uses an Entire Orange, Pith and All (★recipe)
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🗻From casunziei to spätzle, celebrating the 2026 Winter Olympics with Cortina Recipes 🥇Giada De Laurentiis’ Game Plan for Hosting a Gold Medal-Worthy Winter Olympics Watch Party ✨Into the kitchen of Enrico Bartolini al MUDEC, Milan’s only three-Michelin-star restaurant.
Mieko Kawakami grew up in Tokyo’s sexy, seedy bar scene. Now she’s written a novel about it
Mieko Kawakami, Translation by Sam Bett / Financial Times
"[In Tokyo] There are, of course, a few distinct varieties of drinking. First, there’s drinking voluntarily, for fun. Then there’s the kind of drinking that isn’t really fun, but feels like the only way to make life tolerable, in what amounts to escapism or self-harm. The third variety is when you drink, or get other people to drink, as a way of making money. If I’m going to write about nightlife in Tokyo, this third one is impossible to ignore".
Sisters In Yellow will be published on 19 March by Picador.
