Get your Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus ready, there’s a bunch of culinary deep diving on the menu this week!
The Chinese Cooking Demystified Substack went deep into demystifying Chinese cuisine - first defining how they defined ‘cuisine’ boundaries, then coming to the conclusion that ‘Chinese’ can be broken up into 63 distinct cuisines.
Just across the East China Sea, Angie Wang got stuck into a collection of over 500 Japanese chopstick sleeves recently donated to the Letterform Archive, delving into how they serve as vehicles for Japanese typography and culture (some examples below!)
Over two years, 16 scientists—11 from South America-journeyed from the Andes to the Atlantic. Photographer Thomas Peschak and his assistant, Otto Whitehead, documented their groundbreaking research into the Amazon's interconnected ecosystems. Presented in a highly visual, highly scroll-y way, here is what they discovered.
A glimpse into India’s historic cannabis cuisine
Aaaand couple of very random asides this week: Michael J. Fox’s middle name is Andrew. Hugh Grant’s middle name is Mungo. Awesome.