#food-misinformation

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fromTasting Table
4 months 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
10 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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