Archive - The Recovering Line Cook

Diary of a Line Cook: Number 3

Birthday discount, global psyops, and the motivation to cook for guests I never meet

Jul 19 •

A Line Cook's Rant About... Cooking

Plucking pheasants, "teledildonic" accoutrements, and the other problem with UPFs.

Jul 14 •

June 2024

A recipe for pork, girolles, and burnt apricots

Something unseasonally seasonal

Jun 29 •

A Very Finnish Midsummer

New potatoes, smoked meat, and Finnish sauna etiquette

Jun 23 •

How to Fail at Being Finnish

An introduction in 9 points

Jun 16 •

A Line Cook's 65th Newsletter Spectacular

And a return to pineapple weed

Jun 11 •

Diary of a Line Cook: Page 2

Scotty on the pass, conscripted cooks, and salty vinegar

Jun 2 •

May 2024

A Line Cook's Guide to... Cooking Steak

And a fresh condiment to eat along with it

May 31 •

Immigrant Notes on Emigrant Impressions

On teeth, smoked fish, and coming home

May 18 •

A Line Cook's Rant About... Recipes

The poetry of lived experience

May 6 •

Diary of a Line Cook: Entry 1

Hollandaise, the joy of plating, and beginning again

May 2 •

April 2024

Of Time and the Kitchen

A few weeks of Finnish spring...

Apr 29 •

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