If you’re reading about California’s legislation to phase out forever chemicals, then looking at your drawerful of nonstick pans and thinking of switching away, let my 2022 @wired.com story help. It’ll be OK.

Following today’s Anthropic settlement news, if you’re curious about how the cookbook industry is affected by AI platforms trained on pirated databases, check out my recent ‘Cooking with AI’ story for @wired.com.

It’s summer grilling season and specialty BBQ knives are…a thing? In my latest @wired review, I spent a couple months testing two examples to see if they need to be a thing at all.

I’m gonna let the robot arm holding the knife do the heavy lifting for me here. My latest for @wired.com:

In my latest for @wired.com, things get squirrelly and weird when I cook with AI recipes www.wired.com/story/dishge...

Here are five attorney-vetted ways you can protect yourself and the employees of a restaurant for both customers and restaurants owners. By @theglutster For more: lataco.com/ice-rights-r...

Temperature control is crucial for making great sourdough. It can also be a pain. In my latest @wired story, I tested two existing products and a prototype that can help the control freaks among us make better bread. www.wired.com/story/sourdo...

How much better is your food with MSG? 
My latest @Wired story puts it in Cheeto terms for you

A ride through Tokyo with a stop at Blue Lug, the bike shop of my dreams. My latest for @wired.com

I tested a fancy bread knife that cost a mind-boggling 18x as much as the top-rated knife I own. It did…surprisingly well...but you could also donate the difference to @wck.org? My latest for @wired.com

PoulTree’s chicken-on-a-stick is a perfect grilling method for technique geeks. My latest for @wired.com

Woot! Kimchi in the top slot on @wired.com :)

"Soo Jin had not addressed me directly the whole time I was there, but here she turned to me and deposited one spicy, garlicky cabbage leaf rolled into a bite-sized dumpling, directly into my mouth with her still-gloved hand..." Head to South Korea in my latest for @wired

A new GE Profile indoor smoker from can fit on a countertop. Related: How big is your countertop? My latest for @wired.com

Check out my latest for @wired.com where I tried Wombi's cargo bikes for three months and pretty much stopped using my car.

Toaster, Toasted. My latest for @wired.com

Oaxaca has lots of wonderful cocktail ingredients that don’t play well with others. Think: funky/saline rums, leaves with medicinal flavors, and, of course, mezcal. I spoke with bartenders at the city’s best bars to figure out how they turn them into sublime drinks. My latest for @wired.com

This is fun—my recent ode to the “Midnight Diner” Netflix show for @wired.com is now in Japanese on Wired.jp

Round three! The third (and final—phew!) update to my Best Cookbooks of 2024 guide is live today on @wired.com. I’ve tested recipes from all 18 amazing books. This round has my favorite recipe of the year...

Round 2 of my annual three-part Best Cookbooks Guide is live today in @wired.com—a great mix of heavy hitters and new voices, with entries from Team Ottolenghi and Michael Solomonov to grilling by the UK’s @foodstories.bsky.social, to a beautiful travelogue by Tu David Phu and @soleilho.com

Midnight Diner is a wholly fictitious Tokyo izakaya. On a recent trip to Japan, I set out to find it anyway. My latest for @wired.com

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