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Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to set up a fabulous grazing board, reserve the best chef's table and refuse having meals served in a slapdash fashion
Hi there!
Sprints have become the heartbeat of many contemporary companies — intense, time-boxed pushes that force focus, collaboration, and rapid delivery.
I’m at the end of a (long) sprint that should have brought the simple reward of a job well done, but then life sort of kicked me in the ass and spoiled the victory lap.
Now I’m hunting for fresh inspiration: trying my hand at a very different kind of writing, picking up Japanese again, and reading things I wouldn’t normally choose.
We could say - with unjustified pretentiousness - that I'm refurbishing the palace of the mind.
When times are hard, looking outward and sampling new tastes — new projects, languages, or genres — somehow gives me the strength to face the less pleasant things.
Is it the same for you? What do you do then?
Piero
PS: next issue will be on December 10th.
PPS: hey, you, American friends, Happy Thanksgiving!
✹Rȳunosuke Koike, The Practice of Not Thinking. Because I feel like this year has drained me already.
Have a Good Day
Jonathan Arana-Morton, co-founder of The Breakfast Club, brings '80s diner nostalgia and feel-good recipes to a cheerful, speedy cookbook designed to elevate breakfast and brunch at home. Packed with classics—from fluffy American pancakes and perfect Eggs Benedict to spicy Huevos Rancheros—and organized into approachable chapters like Eggs, The Great American Diner, and Sides & Drinks, it makes iconic morning dishes easy any time of day. Friendly, unfussy, and full of crowd-pleasers, this book is perfect for anyone who wants to start the day right.
The Breakfast Club by Jonathan Arana-Morton
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🍚Nekomanma (means "Cat rice") and it is Japanese rice with bonito flakes and soy sauce (Am I watching Midnight Diner? Yes I am) 🍮 How to Make That Restaurant Dessert at Home? Ask David Lebovitz. 🍩Scientifically Sweet Cinnamon Rolls (★recipe) 🍽️How to Host a Cookbook Club 🥕Carrot and roasted red pepper feta dip (★recipe) 🌿Should you fibermax? 🧀How to Create a Well-Rounded Grazing Board 🇲🇬Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer: people eating them 📖A simple webapp telling you what to read based on your previous readings ⭐️The World’s Best Chef’s Table Restaurants 🎃Thanksgiving Pies So Good, You’ll Want to Skip Dinner 🍗Dedicated to a friend of mine: Pluribus' Koumba Diabaté Poulet Yassa (★recipe)
The Culture War Comes to Kitchen
Sophie Gilbert / The Atlantic (partial paywall)
How the politics of food brought together the crunchy left and the trad right.
