Food for thought #131

A weekly roundup for hungry readers📚

Jul 05, 2026

Reading

• In Dreams We Feast: What dreams of food tell us about ourselves

• Millennial Food Obsession Is a Joke. John Early Gets It.

• The pursuit of hungriness: 250 years of American food innovation

• The Hidden Rules of Fine Dining: Research shows restaurant critics reward technique, creativity, and authenticity differently, shaping which cuisines earn prestige and higher prices.

• Here’s how the tobacco company Philip Morris designed Lunchables to hook generations of kids

Scrolling

• Untranslatable food words

• Disco ball but make it a tomato

• Who cares if we lose, I’ve found ranch dressing

• I want ALL the food T-shirts

• Oh no, the poor wee thing abandoned in this heat!

Word of the week

Art of the week

I’m Kristin Jensen, the founder, publisher and editor at Blasta Books and Nine Bean Rows. Before I started my publishing house, I was a freelance editor and food writer for over 20 years and I’ve co-authored three books. I pretty much eat, sleep and breathe books and food. You can also find me on Instagram @edibleireland.📚