Food for thought #74

A weekly roundup for hungry readers📚

Reading

• From matcha lattes to Dubai chocolate – how supermarkets fight to cope with TikTok trends

• A new generation of food influencers are changing how people engage with the Irish restaurant scene

• Behind the hatch: the highs and lows of running a food truck in Ireland

• Sichuan snacks and a Napa harvest: World Food Photography awards – in pictures

• The US-Canada border runs through this library. That’s now a problem.

Scrolling

• A waxwork model of a Greggs sausage roll is coming to Madame Tussads in London in June, the first individual food to be immortalized in wax

• Messy tape won’t cut it in a restaurant kitchen

Word of the week

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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.📚