Category: Food
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How Big Tobacco Intentionally Made Snacks Addictive (And Americans Fat)
This is crazy, I didn’t even know that Kraft (the food company) was owned by Philip Morris (the cigarette company), which renamed itself to Altria. Just watch this, it’s ridiculous. Just one quote from this video: “The chemically addictive, salty, fatty, and sweet foods that big tobacco helped to create make up 68% of the…
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WARAYAKI-YA わらやき屋
Warayaki is a spectacular way of preparing food: Take a bunch of rice straw (wara) and burn it (yaki). The chef puts a bunch of rice straw on the fireplace, lights it up, and puts the food into the flames. It’s a very short, intense exposure to heat and smoke and light. The food will…