Granny Smith Is Vile and Wretched! Apple Tasting Reveals Shocking Reviews
Oct 13, 2023
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Comedian Brian Frange brutally ranks apples, calling some 'horse food' and 'indigestible filth'. Reporter Katie Thornton discusses the clever design of the Frankfurt Kitchen. Adam Gopnik marvels at the magic of stovetop cooking. They make Indian-Spiced Smashed Potatoes.
The Frankfurt Kitchen, designed in the 1920s, revolutionized kitchen design by prioritizing efficiency and space-saving features.
Cooking involves everyday transformations, from raw to delightful states, highlighting the alchemy and pleasure found in the kitchen.
Deep dives
Rethinking Kitchen Design: The Frankfurt Kitchen Revolution
The Frankfurt kitchen, designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky in the 1920s, transformed kitchen design by focusing on efficiency and space-saving features. The small kitchen featured a cook box for slow cooking, coarsely ground spice storage, a track light, and a button to close the pocket door. The design aimed to make housework more manageable and highlight the pleasure of transformation in cooking. The Frankfurt kitchen influenced future kitchen designs and exemplified the alchemy of culinary transformations.
The Magic of Transformation in Cooking
Returning to the kitchen after a break, the author realizes the joy of transformation in cooking. This everyday magic is seen in the rhubarb's conversion from inedible raw form to velvety sweetness, the philosophical transformation of onions from caustic to sweet, the mysterious combination of anchovies and garlic that melts into delightful flavor, and the poetic beauty of Ovid's metamorphosis, which emphasizes transforming vegetables with fire. These transformations, ranging from inedible to delectable states, highlight the alchemy and pleasure found in the kitchen.
This week, your favorite apples get ranked, mercilessly. Find out which apples comedian Brian Frange deems “horse food” and “indigestible filth,” and which crisp, glorious apples rise to the top of the heap. Plus, reporter Katie Thornton joins us to discuss the history and ingenuity of the Frankfurt Kitchen, the blueprint for space-saving kitchen design; Adam Gopnik revels in the alchemical wonder of stovetop cooking; and we make Indian-Spiced Smashed Potatoes.
Get this week’s recipe for Indian-Spiced Smashed Potatoes here.
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