Clostridium perfringens […] can eat flesh. It gives gas gangrene its name by causing putrefying flesh wounds that bubble and foam with flammable hydrogen. And it can make something surprisingly delicate and tasty.” Harold McGee on salt-rising bread   My most favorite food publication is Lucky Peach. It’s a quarterly magazine that explores one food theme per issue, both in unconventional ways (diatribes, musings, cartoons) and expected ways (recipes, travel journals etc).  It’s equal parts madcap, avant garde, topical and historical. […]

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