A list of intriguing food things

One: Theatres have found a new way to part us fools from our money: Popcorn merch. That’s right! Very fancy buckets for a staple movie snack that can cost anywhere from $25 to $50. Of course, the root of this merchandising evil is Disney—which introduced a special R2D2 version for ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ in 2019. It cost $49.99  and, of course, it sold out. With that kind of encouragement you can hardly blame theatres for milking this trend dry. The latest is this one for the upcoming ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’. For eff’s sake, it even has its own promo vid! 

But we’re more impressed with the snazzy replica of the 1970 Dodge Charger driven by Vin Diesel in ‘Fast X’ (see: lead image) (Hollywood Reporter)

Two: As is only fitting, Paris will soon be home to a museum dedicated to cheese: Musée du Fromage—which will open its doors on June 13. France is the “second cheesiest country” in the world—which “produces, consumes and thinks about cheese.” There are 246 varieties of French fromage in total. You can watch the staff make the cheese—and taste them too! So if you’re planning to head over to Paris any time, don’t be wasting your time at the Louvre. (Euro News)

Three: Sticking with those crazy Europeans, have you heard of the Michelin-starred restaurant that serves mouldy food. Mugaritz in Errenteria, Spain, offers a variety of delights including the ‘Noble Rot’, which features four glasses of wine, and an apple, covered in fungus. Yup, this is what you get:

Then there’s this—which is, umm, just mouldy bread? 

If you’re wondering what any of this tastes like: 

Through the enzymes released (bacteria, yeasts, fungi), they journey from the known to the brink of the unimaginable, gaining depth and complexity, sometimes bordering on the putrid or even the "dead."

Well, if all that fungus doesn’t sit well in your stomach, you can at least make excellent use of the restaurant’s famous black toilet paper. (Eater)

Bonus pick: We’d much prefer visiting the glorious Sketch in London—known as the “18th Century house of fun.” Appearances are deceiving—this is a very chi chi French restaurant with three Michelin stars. Just as funky: The restaurant website—where you can make reservations and play! (The Ethicalist)