#172 Foods Forever in Style, Your Favorite Fruit?

Normalize willing things into existence

Mar 20, 2026

Normalize willing things into existence. Want a coffee? Get it. Curious about making cheesecake? Do it. Always wanted to finish that book? Read it. Refuse to let yourself think. Minimize the time between wanting and getting. Everything in your life will change.

I’ll leave you with that for the weekend!

P.S. if you’re reading this, you should enjoy a tasteful affogato this Sunday afternoon. Make one and tag us on Instagram @thewarkitchen 🥂

Every little thing is an opportunity for unlimited artistic expression

Eat like your ancestors

Some foods will forever be in style. Enjoy honeys of different hues. Collect niche olive oil like wine. Indulge in banned cheese. Snack on sweet dates and the jammiest of figs. These are foods our ancestors thrived on.

You can eat everything

You can eat EVERYTHING - now available in beautiful PRINT in our latest coffee table book. You can get yourself a copy here. Remember, we're human beings. There's no need for a radical diet. Simply avoid modern poisons and eat like our ancestors did. Build meals around quality protein. Prepare grains the right way. Enjoy tasteful dessert. This is what we'll always stand for. While stocks last 🥂

Fruit tier list

From a pure taste perspective, the papaya is simply a worse mango... What's your favorite fruit?

❋ Gâteau Basque

“For a long time I have wanted to bring you the recipe for this simple and spectacular Gâteau Basque. We often tend to complicate our recipes thinking that the more laborious the recipe, the better the result. Certainly, in some cases this may be the case, but in many cases it is not necessary. And today we can see an example.
Looking at this recipe, it may remind us of a custard pie and, to be honest, I think that this definition is not far off the mark. It just looks that way on the surface.
Once again, we delve into the mystery of the origin of a culinary delicacy: Gâteau Basque. Some claim that the recipe originated in Cambo-les-Bains, at Marianne Hirigoyen’s Pâtisserie, in the mid-19th century. Others claim that it was in Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, at the Maison Péreuil, where it has been made with the same recipe since 1876.
Some even point to places such as Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Biarritz or Sare, where today you can find a museum dedicated to the Gâteau Basque. The controversy also revolves around whether the “canonical” Gâteau Basque is the cream cake, which ingredients are essential or whether adding jam is culinary heresy.”

❋ Spring Equinox Rituals by Ella Henry

“Winter is a time of rest & recovery, reflection & restoration. Spring is the true reset. People say the new year starts January 1st, but I think a better and more realistic new years is the start of spring. A time for shedding the old to make room for the new. Letting the rain drops to clean the slate and making room for seeds to sprout, grow & bloom!!
So with that being said, these are all of the rituals and habits I love to aide in that mind & body transition and fall into rhythm with the new season!!” — Ella Henry

❋ Why I think Sigmund Freud must've played tennis by Andrea Petkovic

“The unsettling feeling when something feels strangely familiar but at the same time extremely foreign was termed Unheimlich by Sigmund Freud. I couldn’t help but immediately think of a tennis match. When we step on a court to play a match, we are thrown into a situation where we simultaneously know exactly what’s about to happen and not at all. We intimately know the lines that form the square in which the game will be played, we know how to count the score, we know the rules (and we will dispute them with anybody who dares) and more often than not we know the opponent on the other side of the net. At the same time, anything can happen. We may win, we may lose, we could play beautifully, we could fail miserably. So much known, but the important part unknown. Some call it stage fright others nerves but being so deeply familiar with the parameters of a sport without ever grasping the entire essence of it, without ever being able to fully control it, creates the feeling of being out at sea, far away from shore, the ocean is rough and the only thing you can see is your life jacket floating away. Or as Freud called it: The Uncanny.” — Andrea Petkovic

❋ Banana, Coconut and Honey-Cream Tarts

“There is something about mini / individual desserts that make the process of making it much more pleasant. Take for instance these little Banana Coconut and Honey Cream Tarts. The idea of making these little tart shells to me is something that doesnt really seem worth my time, but once I see this cute image (made with mini bananas no less!) my mind is changed. I also love a lighter cream filling in the summer, and I think this is a super great alternative to something like strawberry shortcake, if you’re not in a strawberry type of mood. I’m a big fan of banana anything, so this is a new fav dessert recipe for me. I hope you guys like it too.”

❋ Why Grounded Lighting Matters: The nnEMF Advantage of Three-Prong Systems by Zaid K. Dahhaj

“An incandescent bulb is electrically simple. The current flows through a tungsten filament, which behaves like a resistor. In electrical engineering terms:
The current follows a smooth sinusoidal waveform from the AC grid.
There are no electronic circuits inside the bulb.
The filament simply converts electrical energy into heat and light.
Because of that simplicity, there’s very little high-frequency electrical noise, the electric field around the device is mostly the standard 50/60 Hz field from household wiring, and if the fixture is grounded, stray voltage can dissipate into earth instead of building up on the housing.
So electrically, incandescent bulbs behave like a quiet, stable load.” — Zaid K. Dahhaj

❋ Mango and Miso Caramel Waffle Ice Cream Sandwiches