Did anyone else hate-watch Sweetbitter all summer?
Beyond soy and almond, the alt-milk industry now claims macadamia nuts (Milkadamia), oats (Oatly) and pea (Ripple) as worthy substitutes. A recent Washington Post headline: camel milk (Desert Farms) is growing in popularity. After pushback from the National Milk Producers Federation, the FDA is looking into how to define milk in this new, alternative world.
In the effort to avoid one-time plastic water bottles, there’s travel-friendly Que. While it doesn’t keep liquid ice-cold for hours, the bottle is much lighter and collapses like an accordion for easy packing.
Cacio e pepe is still everywhere, whether it’s a peppery buccatini version at Mia’s (Alexandria) or an insanely extravagant and rich version at 2941 (Falls Church) where it’s served with Japanese A5 wagyu ribeye carpaccio. Price tag: $49.
Who isn’t a tote junkie? Latest obsession: Junes. It’s mesh, light-weight, sturdy and can be easily stuffed into the glove compartment for spur-of-the-moment farmers market shopping.
The Spotify-for-cookbooks has arrived: ckbk. Varying levels of memberships include thousands of recipes gleaned from cookbooks of the last few decades, allowing searchable, tested recipes from brand-name chefs. But like the resurgence of records in the age of digital music, I have a feeling we’ll miss the printed, food-splattered page.
