You are what you consume
(don't forget to leave room for dessert)
Note: this page is perpetually under construction and subject to recency bias. \equiv is left as an exercise for the reader.
Books
Caffeine
Essays
Music
Restaurants
Other
RIP
Books
- Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century, Vol. I: The Structures of Everyday Life
- Into the Uncut Grass
- Judgment of Paris
- Last Boat Out of Shanghai
- Logicomix
- Math with Bad Drawings
- Math for English Majors
- Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
- Poor Charlie's Almanac
- Stay True
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- The Physics of Filter Coffee
- The Ugly History of Beautiful Things
- When We Cease to Understand the World
- Working in Public
Caffeine
- % Arabica
- Andytown
- Coffeebar
- Compton's
- Dak
- Dayglow
- Devocion
- Doubting Thomas
- Frenchette Cafe and Bakery
- Ground Support
- Hex
- Jane
- Jina Bakes
- Laize
- Mariage Freres
- Mercury Cafe
- Niddo
- O Coffee
- Omotesando
- Rosslyn Coffee
- Saint Frank
- Shanghailander
- Song Tea
- Tea Hut
- Teakha
- Thank You Coffee
- The Coffee Movement
- The Chai Guys
- Winston's Coffee
Essays / Speeches
- 2024 Commencement Address by Roger Federer at Dartmouth
- A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
- Advice to Youth
- Letter from the Cathedral of Milan
- The Psychology of Human Misjudgment
Music
- 10 Day
- Acid Rap
- Barbie the Album
- Breakfast
- Chaconne
- Coloring Book
- Dua Lipa
- Electra Heart
- Family Business
- Future Nostalgia
- Guts
- Harry's House
- Heard It In A Past Life
- Homesick
- In the Heights (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- In Waves
- Lux
- Mama's Boy
- Our Love (Expanded Edition)
- Pure Heroine
- Red (Taylor's Version)
- Rosie
- Ruby
- Thank U, Next
- The Epic
- The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
- Under Pressure
Restaurants / Bars
- 北平食府
- Aji Kiji
- Bansang
- Bar Crenn
- Bar Iris
- Bistro Jeanty
- Blue Barn
- Bun Mee
- Cafe Borrone
- Cafe Gitane
- Cafe Sabarsky
- Celele
- Chez Janou
- Clipper Lounge
- Clipstone
- Duddell's
- Five5eeds
- Fruhling
- Good Mongkok Bakery
- Granite
- Hog Island
- Le Servan
- Moongate Lounge
- Nari
- Niku Steakhouse
- Noreetuh
- Pammy's
- Pearl 6101
- Pelican Inn
- Portland
- Racine
- Restaurant Le Parc
- RT Rotisserie
- Sepia
- Shoji
- Sorrel
- Super Duper Burger
- Sushiyoshi
- Tataki
- The Bird
- The Committee
- The Copper Onion
- The Golden Chippy
- The Italian Homemade Company
- The Noortwyck
- The Pelican
- The Snug
- V. Mertz
- Wildseed
- Xi'an Famous Foods
- Zareen's
Other
- 稻香村
- 后海
- 水长城
- 颐和园
- 豫园
- 798
- Abacus Row
- Astier de Villatte
- Athens, GA
- BaseHall
- Berthillion
- Bilmonte
- Biltmore
- Boven Magazine Library
- Brooklyn Museum
- Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims
- Centre Pompidou
- Chi Ji
- Christopher Elbow
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- Chunky LA
- Duomo di Milano
- Eckhaus Latta
- Eslite
- Fran's Chocolate
- Giverny
- Hotel Le Grand Mazarin
- Jacques Genin
- Juice Shop
- Kepler's
- Kew Gardens
- Labelhood
- Lorena Saravia
- Loto Del Sur
- Magritte Museum
- Man Luen Choon
- MUJI
- Museo Luis Barragan
- Museum of the Home
- Originario
- Philmore Creamery
- Point Zero des Routes de France
- Rachel's Ginger Beer
- Royal Academy of Arts
- Spitalfields Market
- Star Ferry
- SusieCakes
- Tennesse Valley
- The Cape
- The Courthauld
- The Noguchi Museum
- Timothy Adams
- Van Gogh Museum
RIP
- Aster
- Benkyodo
- Colette
- Ethos
- Matchacha
- MUJI (in California)