Seven years is how long one sourdough bread was fermented, and that’s the kind of number that makes a meal start acting like an art show.
A Michelin meal that behaves like contemporary art
On a honeymoon in Greece, a couple went to CTC Urban Gastronomy in Athens for their first Michelin-starred meal together. The writer expected a once-in-a-lifetime revelation, but the first reaction was simply: very good food. Then the courses kept arriving, including sourdough bread fermented for seven years, and the meal began to feel less like dinner and more like an exhibition. The point, as the piece argues, is that Michelin can reward intention: every course arrives with a story, a technique, an experiment, an obsession.
Gobble's Take: Sometimes the most luxurious thing on the plate is not surprise, but the audacity of making you think while you chew.
Source: Perplexity Search (community news)
Food obsession, queer family, and the edible internet
A new series called Sandwich Sandwich, by the author of this piece, sets out to explore food history and culture, cooking, and other food-related adventures. She recently finished reading What I Made for Dinner by Krys Malcolm Belc, a memoir by a trans man about watching cooking content and what he made for dinner for his wife and four kids, which sparked the series. The essay also moves through the "edible internet," where chefs make ornate dinners for their dogs, professors make desserts that resemble insects, and witches cook festive soups over cauldrons. Belc's book is described as a meditation on queer family and what it means to make something, exploring themes of cooking as a "thrumming need" and a way of relating to the people you love.
Gobble's Take: Food, family, and the edible internet make for a rich starting point for a new series rooted in personal obsession and cultural curiosity.
Source: carolinehagood.substack.com
AI news keeps arriving in very large, very specific chunks
This week’s AI roundup includes a lot of exactitude and not a lot of chill: China blacklisted 56 American companies on June 24 in retaliation for US AI export controls, and OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled Jalapeño, described as the first OpenAI-designed inference chip, built in 9 months. The same feed also notes OpenAI previewing GPT-5.6 Sol, a new model aimed at pushing reasoning and problem-solving further for serious AI work.
Gobble's Take: The AI beat has the energy of a newsroom built entirely out of accelerants and acronyms.
Source: Perplexity Search (community news)
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