Musical Cuisines

A Musical Divorce

Allan Kozinn & Adrian Sinclair | LitHub | 13th December 2024

Anatomy of The Beatles' breakup. John Lennon was the one to say "I’m leaving the group, I want a divorce". It was worse than the end of a marriage, involving four sets of lawyers and the dissolution of their corporation, Apple, too. Paul McCartney just wanted rid of their unsavoury manager, Allen Klein. The nasty negotiations made them all realise they were "no longer in sync" (2,300 words)

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63 Chinese Cuisines

Chris Thomas & Stephanie Li | Chinese Cooking Demystified | 19th November 2024

Less of an article, more of "a coffee table book". A masterly piece of work. There is no such thing as "Chinese" food. China is "where the one country, one cuisine model goes to die". Even the "Big Eight" of culinary styles — Cantonese, Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, and Anhui — overlooks most of the country. Impossible to read without becoming very hungry (28,000 words)

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