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cacio e pepe
A little over a year ago we were wandering the streets of Rome in the blazing heat of an August scorcher. It’s a far cry from where I am sitting writing these words in a suburban strip mall Starbucks as the first flakes of snow for the season fall outside the window. It was hardly
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the great pasta kerfuffle
I alluded to this in my most recent post on brand loyalty: the great spaghetti sauce change up of 2024 and the “kerfuffle that caused” in our house. First of all, we’re not Italian. So when I write about “spaghetti sauce” I need to be exceptionally clear that we are basically talking about the red
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loyal out of habit
I’ve been thinking a lot about brand loyalty lately. I’m surrounded by food these days. Overflowing shelves packed with things that seem delicious and interesting and unique—but yet I don’t recognize a single brand name. It might sound like I’m describing some kind of weird suburban middle-aged man’s nightmare. But no. On the contrary. I’ve