Making a traditional Hollandaise, yolks in a vinegar reduction (all photos by Donna). [Please note additional thoughts following comments here and on Twitter] Elise emailed a couple weeks ago to ask if I’d posted on Hollandaise. She’d posted the blender version , first popularized by Craig Claiborne…

There are updates to this page that haven’t been applied because you’ve entered text. Refresh this page to see updates.Hide this message.Share PostPost statsViews2,305 Product Design 001: How to Philosophize with a CursorProduct and brand designer Ben Pieratt and I had a conversation on Twitter some…

There’s a question on Quora which is popular enough right now that they’re featuring it in their email digest*. It asks, “what are the coolest startup culture hacks you’ve heard of?” And lots of people are saying lots of things that, at first glance, sound innovative or fun or like they might be…

It was difficult for Steve Jobs’ wife to buy anything. Mainly because of Steve Jobs. For instance, she wanted a sofa for their house. Steve Jobs said he needed a brief. He didn’t put it into those terms of course. He asked ‘why’ she needed a sofa. Before she decided to buy a sofa, what was the…

and documenting what helped me Published inChange I want to see · 7 min read· Aug 31, 2014 -- I am acutely aware of survivorship bias and that I have had several lucky breaks in my life that empowered me to begin my own healing process. I still wish to write this in hope that some part may be…

I’m honored that this often shows up on the internet. Here’s the correct version, as published in Omni, 1990. THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT "They're made out of meat." "Meat?" "Meat. They're made out of meat." "Meat?" "There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet,…

Dear J, To answer your question, I haven’t much felt like it. I’ve been quiet, because there hasn’t been much to say, and I haven’t been looking for things to say. Of course, Twitter is a megaphone, so there is a small temptation to say something into it, even if it is just braying to hear your own…

04.13.2006 The classic beginner's mistake in Argentina is to neglect the first steak of the day. You will be tempted to just peck at it or even skip it altogether, rationalizing that you need to save yourself for the much larger steak later that night. But this is a false economy, like refusing to…

08.13.2014 It was a dark day when Islam met the loudspeaker. All travelers to the Middle East discover that this normally self-assured religion gets insecure in the small hours of night and feels it has to rehearse its foundational beliefs, in public, at 190 dB. Hey, wake up. God is great. Hnnnnghh.…

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