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You've probably never tasted truffles.

I always hated the taste of truffles, or so I thought. It turns out nearly everything sold out there as containing truffles or truffle oil is just some cheap petroleum-derived product. And that includes in many higher-end restaurants.

Real truffles are incredibly rare and expensive:

Winter white truffle, or noble white truffle, is the most expensive and prized truffle. It can be found only in late autumn and winter, no earlier than September 15, no later than the end of January. The world's most famous winter white truffles are found in Alba, Italy, and Croatian Istria is also known for them.
Depending on how well the season was, this truffle can go for thousands of euros. In the case of large, first-class white truffles, the price per kilo comes close to 10,000 euros.

Maybe one day I'll taste the real thing and maybe I'll like it. Until then I'll keep avoiding anything with truffle in its name.

Linked on the 11th of January, 2023 Details

How palm oil ended up in everything.

An interesting history of palm oil and its presence in an obnoxious amount of processed products, not just food.

Campaigners tend to be more hostile towards palm oil than towards other tropical products such as cocoa and soy which also pose threats to ecosystems. He suggests that this hostility comes down to the fact that ‘palm oil is perceived as being in things, rather than a thing in its own right.’
Linked on the 28th of June, 2022 Details

Kathleen Ryan’s decomposing fruit.

Artist Kathleen Ryan creates decomposing fruit sculptures from precious gems. I love the absurdity of it.

Linked on the 21st of September, 2020 Details

No, Asparagus Won’t Give You Cancer

Mainstream media continues down the clickbait-laden path of laziness.
Linked on the 9th of February, 2018 Details

ITV: Pastry blamed for station evacuation

I guess they’ll be banning pastry from airports now.

Linked on the 18th of February, 2004 Details

About Terra Chips

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”...one of our newest creations Terra Frites which was created based on the authentic Belgian potato snack served warm on the streets of Brussels in paper cones."
Linked on the 12th of February, 2004 Details