The best of Blueprint — food

Bite into a new year. In this Blueprint For Living summer edition, we're revisiting our favourite conversations about food.  Eric Wareheim's tall order He's a six-foot-seven lover of "spoofs and goofs, food, wine and cats" whose latest book comes with a glowing testimonial from Jack Black. You may also know Eric Wareheim from the comedy duo, Tim & Eric. Ahead of his banquet at the 2022 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, Eric stopped by Blueprint.  What is a city without a great food writer? Besha Rodell, the recently appointed Chief Restaurant Critic for The Age and Good Weekend discusses the role of a great food writer and why she prefers to remain anonymous. Annie Smithers' Kitchen Rudimental: Salad Dressing In this edition of Kitchen Rudimental, Annie and Jonathan jump into the oily, vinegary, salt and pepper inflected world of salad dressings. Colin Bisset's Iconic Designs — Ice Cream Scoop  Just as there's always a debate about whether gelato is superior to ice cream, the means of serving either is open to argument. While there's nothing wrong with using a simple spoon, at least two people thought they had a better way of doing it.