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How I Am Getting Myself to Cook More This Year

How I Am Getting Myself to Cook More This Year

plus the scariest use of AI in food so far, how much is too much for a tasting menu, and more

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Khushbu Shah
Jan 08, 2025
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Hello! As a retired restaurant editor, one of my goals for this year is to eat out with way more intention, which means ultimately less restaurant meals (i’m trying to limit this to 3 times a week) and definitely less Uber Eats deliveries (can I keep it to single digits for the whole year?) I’m only going to restaurants I am actually curious about or love and speaking up if I don’t actually want to go somewhere (even if it is new and supposedly cool!) I am also getting more comfortable just telling friends that I cannot meet them for a meal if I have hit my restaurant cap for the week that I can do coffee or tea instead.

This all feels very strange as someone who has spent the past 6 years diligently covering restaurants to now regularly feel “behind” on visiting new openings, but it’s a race I no longer want to run. I am excited to cook more — and plan on mastering on how to make a number of dishes this year, including tortellini en brodo, one of my top foods of all time. (More on that below.)

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As I mentioned in my last newsletter, I plan to launch a revamped version of this newsletter very soon and I am tinkering with some ideas, so thank you for bearing with me.

Today’s newsletter will cover:

  • How I am getting myself to cook more this year

  • The creepiest use of AI in food yet

  • Have we hit peak pickle?

  • The latest hurdle California restaurants are up against

  • The grocery store collab that I think is actually fun

  • How much is too much for a tasting menu?

  • The snack I cannot stop buying at Trader Joe’s

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