This channel is all about the interesting stories behind the food you want to eat, and cooking it too. Every recipe has a story behind it, and once you know that story, you taste the food a little differently. I’ve always found that cooking is more interesting when there’s context behind the dish at hand. Knowing a little bit of history, believe it or not, can make you a smarter, more thoughtful cook.
I spent a few years working as a private chef, I’ve worked in restaurants in both the front and back of the house, washed dishes, worked in a concessions stand… and that’s not a sad attempt at a flex, it just means I've made many of the mistakes a kitchen can throw at you, usually more than once. And I intend to use those lessons learned to help you become a better, more technical cook.
So thanks a mille for watching and I hope you dig the vids!
Adam Witt
Controversial question for a Saturday morning 🥖 Is banh mi French food?
France brought the baguette to Vietnam. Vietnam changed the bread, the fillings, the flavors, and eventually took the sandwich around the world.
Full story: https://youtu.be/fG87Tke6tLI
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Adam Witt
What actually makes a banh mi a banh mi? 🥖
Vietnam took a French baguette and changed basically everything around it until it became something completely its own.
Full story: https://youtu.be/fG87Tke6tLI
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🦓 I want you to have this picture of me holding my NY Times best selling eBook, “Cooking with Context vol. 1” which you can now get for FREE here: cookingwithcontext.substack.com/welcome
NOTICE: Absolutely ZERO AI was used to create this post bc I BELIEVE IN ART.
P.S. Remind me never to wear shorts with an apron ever again thank you god bless.
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Adam Witt
Controversial question for a Saturday morning 🌭 Does it still count as a corn dog if there’s no stick AND it isn’t fried?
The earliest version was baked in a mold and eaten with a fork. Things only got weirder from there: https://youtu.be/OdXODcg_CD0
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Pick your corn dog fighter 🌭
Before the corn dog became the deep-fried stick we know today, it went through some VERY questionable forms.
Full story: https://youtu.be/OdXODcg_CD0
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Which pizza style are you taking every time? 🍕Three iconic pizza styles, one very heated debate!
See which one comes out on top in this week’s episode ▶️https://youtu.be/ARGEjT66lo0
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Adam Witt
Controversial question for a Saturday morning 🥩 The Pat's vs. Geno's rivalry (two of America's most famous food rivals) was mostly manufactured. Does that ruin it?
One guy literally called his rival "Plankton." Full story: https://youtu.be/5fwk3b3MUvk
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Adam Witt
❓🚨Have you been digging my new History x Cooking format? If so, what are some dishes/foods that you'd like me to explore in upcoming videos?
In the meantime, here's a picture of my dog and I.
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Adam Witt
The cheese on a Philly Cheesesteak is officially a debate. Where do you land?
The full origin story of how a processed lab product became sacred🧀: https://youtu.be/5fwk3b3MUvk
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🥔 Tater Tots were invented from potato scraps that were headed for cattle feed. Does knowing that change anything?
The full story of how scrap food tricked an entire country: https://youtu.be/QO_ilbihjtg
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