Plus, some light shoplifting discourse, the wagyu scam, and the fate of lab-grown meat in restaurants |
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Welcome to Open Tab, a weekly roundup of news, gossip, and stories that have stayed open in my tabs all week. Last week we covered the president’s DoorDash order.
If you read Open Tab last week, you’ll be pleased to know that we’re starting this week’s edition by tying up some loose ends. First, the Philz Coffee Pride flag drama—which I promise to never bring up again—is finally over. A statement from Philz Coffee emailed to me last week reads, in part, “every Pride flag that is up stays up, and any Pride flag that was previously removed can be put back up.” Complaining works!
The rotisserie chicken affordability discourse continues—this time in the halls of government. A bipartisan bill called the Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act is being introduced in the U.S. Senate. The bill would allow SNAP recipients to buy hot rotisserie chicken—currently they can only buy cooked but cooled rotisserie chickens.
And finally, Nara Smith, the OG trad wife, has announced she’s releasing a cookbook in October. Finally, you will all learn what I, the child of a granola mom, have always known: The homemade versions of junk food don’t taste as good. They just don’t—unless you’re Claire Saffitz, I guess.
Also this week: Prego wants to record your dinner conversations, and Jia Tolentino indulged in some light shoplifting. Chaos ensued. Plus, wagyu simply isn’t what it used to be, and lab-grown meat faces growing pains.
If you have any food gossip to share, please send me a note or a DM. |
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Prego, who you may know for its pasta sauce, is releasing an Alexa-like device called The Connection Keeper, that will record your conversations around the dinner table. It’s meant to be a screen-free way to “capture the laughter, stories, and check-ins that happen naturally over a meal,” but it feels distinctly surveillance state coded. It’s not wi-fi enabled, and there’s no cloud connection, but users are encouraged to upload the conversations to a StoryCorps’ website.
Personally, I’d feel uncomfortable recording my personal conversations and uploading them anywhere—websites can (and do!) get hacked, and data is often leaked or sold. Wait, sorry, let me adjust my tinfoil hat. |
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Dear Bon Appétit Our upcoming cooking advice column is now open for submissions. We'd love to hear from you! |
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Our upcoming cooking advice column is now open for submissions. We'd love to hear from you! |
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We Champion Eating Locally, Why Don’t We Do The Same For Wine? |
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