gastronomy
Waiter, There’s A Paan In My Soup
The humble mouth-freshener is creating quite a paan-demonium on menus around the country.
Why Everything You Know About Scottish Food Might Be a Myth
From the whisky sold in foreign liquor stores to tartan-boxed shortbread clutched by Edinburgh tourists, we’re told that Scotland’s food is rooted in history. But many traditional dishes aren’t as “Scottish” as we might think.
I Ate Salami in a Puddle of Perfume and Other Dishes from a Proto-Fascist Cookbook
The father of Futurism, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, hated pasta but was a big believer in raw sausages marinating in coffee and eau de cologne.
I Stood in a Mist of Gin and Tonics and Felt Disappointed
This year's Brisbane Festival has a bar that serves drinks via an immersive fog.
MUNCHIES Presents: Challenge Hix
Mark Hix—an OG of the British gastronomy scene—offers MUNCHIES an invite to the legendary "Challenge Hix," which has never been witnessed before by anyone outside his inner circle of head chefs.
Food Trends Are One Way to Eat the Modern Zeitgeist
We have a choice about what we put in our mouths, but our cravings are often driven by a social collective. Food trend expert and author of brand new book, The Tastemakers, David Sax believes we want to eat the contemporary zeitgeist.
Lucy McRae's New Film Teaches You How To Prepare Human Sushi
The director’s latest short explores the grotesqueness of gastronomy.
Liquid Nitrogen Cocktails Look Cool, But You Might Lose Your Gut
Liquid nitrogen, the instant wart-removing, CPU cooling, cryogenic liquid that expands into gas at ratio of 1-to-694 in room temperature environments has now been linked with an unexpected gastrectomy (stomach removal) of a young woman near Lancaster...