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I have a little bot that archives The French Laundry and Per Se's menus (they change every day with the garden!). It's such a joy to watch spring erupt day-over-day. twitter.com/andy_matuschak First some spring herbs, then pea shoots, then lettuces, then peas and asparagus…

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

· Oct 5, 2019

Replying to @rememberlenny and @patio11

I mean did you know that The French Laundry publishes its menus every day—and they change, almost completely, every day? It’s hard to ask for a better guide to what’s in peak season on any given day and what one should do with it, even for home cooks. For free!

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

One poignant thing I've noticed since the resumption post-pandemic is that the menus change much less significantly day-by-day than they used to. I wonder if they're short-staffed, or if the staff's suffering the same gumption drain so many of us are.

2:39 AM · Apr 5, 2021Twitter Web App

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Possibly-related noticing: today's vegetable menu has two asparagus-centered courses—one white and one green! They have an infamous rule that primary ingredients must never be duplicated; I've never seen this before. I guess white and green are different enough not to count?

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@moviewise

Apr 5, 2021

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@andy_matuschak

Perhaps they just have an oversupply of garden vegetables because they've had fewer customers, so they can keep the same item on the menu for more than one day?