Flavor Is A Myth, Recreating Dishes, Favorite Regional Cuisines

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🍿 Cold Open

United Sodas: https://unitedsodas.com

• “Brooklyn as hell.”

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😜 Flavor Is Bullshit Mentions

• Gastrophysics by Charles Spence: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/547661/gastrophysics-by-charles-spence/
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• Sarah couldn’t find if horseradish falls into the flavor or sensation
• Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat: https://www.saltfatacidheat.com/cookbooks
• The tongue map is a common misconception: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_map#:~:text=The concept is taught in,salty%2C and 4 tastes sweet
• Papillae and bitter flavors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingual_papillae#Fungiform_papillae
• Flavorama by Arielle Johnson: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/flavorama-arielle-johnson?variant=41072627023906
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• The Fat Duck - Heston Blumenthal's Restaurant: https://thefatduck.co.uk

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👋 Questions

“Food you try on holiday and how to recreate them at home?”

                                                                                          - Jonas

• Sarah mentions Night & Market in LA: https://www.nightmarketsong.com/nm-weho-1
• Night & Market Cookbook: https://cultflav.com/products/kris-yenbamroong-night-market
• Green Godless Sauce: https://cultflav.com/recipes/green-godless

“What’s a good substitute for pistachios or cashews?”

                                                                                  - Lauren

• Bryn mentions Brandon Skier’s Pistachio Lamb dish: https://cultflav.com/products/brandon-skier-make-it-fancy

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🗺️ Favorite Food Region Mentions

• An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey: https://cultflav.com/products/madhur-jaffrey-an-invitation-to-indian-cooking
• Africana by Lerato Umah-Shaylor: https://cultflav.com/products/lerato-umah-shaylor-africana
• In Bibi’s Kitchen by Hawa Hassan: https://cultflav.com/products/hawa-hassan-in-bibis-kitchen
• Persiana by Sabrina Ghayour: https://cultflav.com/products/sabrina-ghayour-persiana
• Taiwanese American Cookbook by Josh Ku + Trigg Brown: https://cultflav.com/products/josh-ku-trigg-brown-win-son-presents-a-taiwanese-american-cookbook
• ROOH - restaurant in SF: https://www.roohrestaurants.com
• The Family Meal by Ferran Adrià: https://cultflav.com/products/ferran-adri-the-family-meal

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