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Pot Coffee
A story about cutting trees, thick coffee, and love in Finland.
Jun 1
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Wil Reidie
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Recipes in the Age of Meme Capitalism
A Line Cook's Rant about Recipes... Again.
May 9
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Wil Reidie
42
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Midnight Train to Lapland
A little peak into an all too brief trip to Rovaniemi.
Mar 28
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Wil Reidie
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On Moomin Mugs
An essay about objects and loss and little colourful mugs
Mar 14
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Wil Reidie
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Why I Quit Marketing to Scrub Potatoes
or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Success"
Feb 14
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Wil Reidie
71
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The Immigrant and the Custard Bun
On being a stranger in a strange land
Feb 2
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Wil Reidie
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3 True Stories Concerning Coconuts
Sri Lanka, Brazil, England
Jan 24
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Wil Reidie
25
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A Line Cook's Rant about Chef Life
In which I think about how things might get better
Jan 17
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Wil Reidie
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Mustard Flop
A "How to Fail at Being Finnish" story
Jan 10
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Wil Reidie
38
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Pie and Prejudice
On fish pie and love in Finland
Dec 21, 2024
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Wil Reidie
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Smell
An essay about cooking and memory.
Nov 15, 2024
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Wil Reidie
25
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Nothing tastes as good...
On guilt and perfect doughnuts
Aug 1, 2024
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Wil Reidie
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A Line Cook's Rant About... Cooking
Plucking pheasants, "teledildonic" accoutrements, and the other problem with UPFs.
Jul 14, 2024
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Wil Reidie
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Immigrant Notes on Emigrant Impressions
On teeth, smoked fish, and coming home
May 18, 2024
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Wil Reidie
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A Line Cook's Rant About... Recipes
The poetry of lived experience
May 6, 2024
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Wil Reidie
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Of Time and the Kitchen
A few weeks of Finnish spring...
Apr 29, 2024
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Wil Reidie
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Wil Reidie and the Honeymoon Campfire Potatoes
In celebration of my wife and burnt food
Apr 14, 2024
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Wil Reidie
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Notes from the world's "happiest" country
And a word on what's coming next from me
Mar 30, 2024
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Wil Reidie
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A Line Cook Rants Again: Social Media Videos vs Memoir Recipes
A long(ish) read on form and content in food media
Mar 16, 2024
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Wil Reidie
56
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Do you come turn into my wife?
A diary entry about a food hall and my struggle to talk Finnish
Mar 2, 2024
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Wil Reidie
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A Grumpy Line Cook's Rant about Social Media "Chefs"
A long(ish) read in defence of knowing what you're talking about
Feb 23, 2024
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Wil Reidie
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6 things I really don't like 🥦🤨
I'm probably wrong about most of these
Aug 10, 2023
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Wil Reidie
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"Most chefs would go insane if they had to do anything else."
Interview with my old head chef, Jacco
Jul 27, 2023
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Wil Reidie
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On love and smoked lamb
The taste of Finland at Easter
Apr 14, 2023
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Wil Reidie
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