The History of Artificial Birthday Cake Flavor
Ashlie Stevens writes on Salon.com about the creation of a flavor that is meant to appeal to everyone. The "birthday day cake” flavor is like the Hallmark holiday of cake flavors.
Another element of the appeal of birthday cake flavor — especially for well-known brands — is that it's pretty universally known. Manufacturers don't need to educate consumers, because they already have an innate sense of what flavors they're about to unwrap.
Bean Pie, My Brother?!
I highly recommend streaming Regina King’s directorial debut, One Night in Miami, which is about a night in 1964 where Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown and Cassius Clay hung out. The film actually made me go down a rabbit hole about bean pies. I learned that bean pies is the only legitimate Black Muslim food created by the Nation of Islam in the 1930’s. The pie is made from navy beans. If you want to know more, watch this short piece from Slate on You Tube.
The True Cost of Convenience
Deepti Sharma writes an opinion piece on Eater about the disruptive and destructive power of delivery apps like Door Dash, Grub Hub and Uber Eats.
How our need for fast meals at low prices displaced an entire industry while pushing hourly workers to become our own personal couriers.
Nichelle Newsletter Podcast
Listen to the latest podcast episode where I talk about food trends and the cost of delivery apps.
Recommendation: Best Leftovers Ever Show
When I first heard about this show, I felt a little bothered. Years ago, I had a similar idea, but I can’t say that Netflix stole my idea. Anyway, the Best Leftovers Ever is a fun show to watch while you are cooking.