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3 weeks ago | 
stirthepot.substack.com | Michelle Albanes-Davis
If you follow me on social media or have read my newsletters for a while, you know how I feel about generative AI. Its existence is predicated on a massive theft of intellectual property and copywritten works (including my books), it’s an enormous waste of finite natural resources, and will only lessen our creativity, our ability to think, to then articulate our thoughts, and will make the world an even dumber place. Does AI have certain areas where it can be useful to humanity? Absolutely.
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4 weeks ago | 
stirthepot.substack.com | Michelle Albanes-Davis
My dad loves food so I love food. It’s been like that since I was little. He would leave very early for work each morning and would grab some toast as he snuck out the door. It was the 90s and thus everything was low-fat or fat-free. My dad ate his whole wheat toast without butter on it, so I did the same thing. It didn’t matter that I was 6 and absolutely did not enjoy my extremely dry toast; if he liked it then naturally, I liked it too.
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1 month ago | 
stirthepot.substack.com | Michelle Albanes-Davis
This week has been a doozy. Between making my way up to Seattle and bunch of bullshit going on right outside my kitchen, my plate is overflowing. Next week I’ll be back with my regular scheduled programming, but for this long weekend let’s all get outside, touch grass, and have a nice meal with some friends. I think we could all use it. I know I could.
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1 month ago | 
stirthepot.substack.com | Michelle Albanes-Davis
Hey Pot Heads,This year is all about being adaptable in the kitchen. I am designing meals for you that can be changed up easily. There is too much uncertainty to dream up recipes that have to be followed to the letter in order be successful. Nobody is following the rules these days so why should you have to do that in the kitchen? Let’s be serious. The recipes I’m going to roll out this summer can all be modified based on what groceries you have available to you and what you are in the mood for.
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1 month ago | 
stirthepot.substack.com | Michelle Albanes-Davis
Hey Pot Heads,I know that with everything going on in the world right now it can feel dumb as hell that you still have to cook dinner, but you do. It’s an easy chore to get annoyed with because dinner is relentless, but it doesn’t have to be so rough. Your perspective just needs to change a little bit. Cooking is a great counterbalance for this moment in history. So much bullshit is headed our way from the moment we wake.
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1 month ago | 
stirthepot.substack.com | Michelle Albanes-Davis
Hey Pot Heads,There’s no new recipe this week but I wanted to take a second to wish all the parents out there a very happy Mother’s Day. It’s a crucial job for society but one that’s criminally under-supported. We know all moms are superheroes but they shouldn’t have to be. Here’s to all of you making magic out of nothing. I’m always down to babysit. Stir the Pot is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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1 month ago | 
stirthepot.substack.com | Michelle Albanes-Davis
I’ve always been ambivalent about my previous job but when I saw that my old website had been deleted, it hurt. I love writing recipes and sharing them with people for a living. It’s my life’s work and a portion of it just disappeared like it was nothing. That’s what I get for enduring a bunch of bullshit for so many years just to get the job done: nothing. This might feel familiar.
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1 month ago | 
stirthepot.substack.com | Michelle Albanes-Davis
Hey Pot Heads,Yes, we’ve finally reached the last entry of our chickpea flour and naturally, it’s the most decedent. You know I’m not big into frying things but there’s just something about fried chickpea flour fritters that taste both decadent and wholesome. It’s worth trying, particularly if you serve them as a burger. Like all the recipes I’ve shared with chickpea flour, you can mix and match what you add to them based on what you have and what’s in season.
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1 month ago | 
stirthepot.substack.com | Michelle Albanes-Davis
Hey Pot Heads! Like the rest of you, I’ve been reading the news and screaming into the void about all the dumb and terrifying shit going on right now in US. I know it’s a lot. The misinformation and outright propaganda all of us are wading through is caustic no matter how well we try to protect ourselves. It got me thinking about this piece I wrote last year about MSG and how lies can so quickly become accepted as reality through repetition and bad science.
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2 months ago | 
stirthepot.substack.com | Michelle Albanes-Davis
Hey Pot Heads, Next week we’ll be back in the kitchen to finish out our chickpea flour deep dive but this week I’m taking a much needed to break. Between the horrific news cycle, packing up for my move to Seattle, and the general shitty vibe in US right, now I am feeling extra wiped out. I know you are too. We all need enough energy to make it through t…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Stir the Pot to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
