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Anyone intrigued by the idea of meals and flavors evolving over time from leftovers should read An Everlasting Meal, which describes similar techniques.

https://www.amazon.com/Everlasting-Meal-Cooking-Economy-Grac...

Great article on the history of performance fabrics. The last bit leaves me wanting to learn more about innovations to make them more environmentally friendly.

From my own experience, the tendency for polyester to be smellier than natural fibers relegates it to my workout clothes. Most of the time I'm wearing cotton.

Well put. Not to mention that once the platform and business support ads, it's a slippery slope. No ads on the top tier quickly becomes "We'll just show limited ads to the top tier to make up this quarter's shortfall," and so on from there.

Walden by Thoreau - on self reliance and nature

De architectura By Vitruvius - classical construction and architecture

Song of Myself by Whitman - poetry

Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle - thriller

Surprised Thomas Midgley isn’t on there. He contributed to developing leaded gasoline and CFCs, and was strangled to death by one of his inventions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

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