Consider the Fork
Never pick up your knife until you know you won’t have to put it down.
Bill Buford • Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
We should remember the warning of the wise Grail knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: “You must choose, but choose wisely, for as the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you.” Choose the highest-yield material and you can be an idiot and enjoy stunning success. Choose poorly and, as the Grail knight implied, y
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life
The idea that you need to buy special equipment to make pasta, or to hold back from trying until you have a specific tool, is not just a shame, it’s at odds with the very nature of pasta. Looking back at the evolution of shapes, we find the results of hands working with everyday objects. Caved, ridged shapes made by rolling lumps of dough against b
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