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Weekend Reads v. 14.6.2024

Another glorious weekend is upon us. Here are a few interesting finds from around the web to keep you company as you soak up a patch of sun wherever you are.

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Jun 14, 2024
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New Yorker has a fun excerpt from the book “How Refrigeration Changed our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves.” (affiliate link) The bit about the first-recorded brain freeze made me laugh. And all praise for the vessel that brought us leftovers!

Refrigeration enabled the creation of American icons such as the cheeseburger and the B…
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