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Smog Meringues (ediblegeography.com)
39 points by Thevet on June 1, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



Conceptually crisp and vibrant writing style:

"'As it turns out, Arie Haagen-Smit, the man known as the “father” of air pollution science, was originally a flavour chemist who rose to prominence thanks to his work on pineapples.

Flavour historian Nadia Berenstein pointed me to a '50s speech by Haagen-Smit, explaining his shift in research from fruit flavours to smog science to a room full of his former colleagues. In it, he explains, “I am engaged at the present time on a super flavor problem—the flavor of Los Angeles.”'"


Nicola Twiley is a very engaging food writer and has a great podcast as well: http://gastropod.com/


Nice post


Given this, it occurs to me that fart meringues should be possible. Celebrities who are particularly, ahem, full of themselves could auction theirs off for charity.

Ask HN: whose fart meringue would you quaff?

Hey!!! To the tune of the Beach Boys' Barbara Ann:

Far far far / far fart meringue ...


Thomas Pynchon, is that you?




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