#food-misinformation

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fromTasting Table
1 week ago

The Myth You Shouldn't Believe About Olive Garden Calamari - Tasting Table

The charge is grisly enough to qualify as folklore - a culinary creepypasta that's been circulating since at least 2012, when a "This American Life" segment explored whether ersatz calamari might actually exist. The hosts never found proof that anyone, let alone Olive Garden, served such a thing, but the story's unforgettable texture - literal and metaphorical - lodged deeply in the public imagination.
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fromWIRED
5 months ago

MSG Is (Once Again) Back on the Table

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is gaining renewed appreciation in cooking despite its negative reputation in the US, thanks to recent cookbooks.
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