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A food claim, checked before you publish

You've got a claim in your post, menu, essay, or pitch, and you can't fully source it. Send it to me. I go to the record: newspapers, books, dictionaries, archives, the earliest printed mentions I can actually find. You get back what holds, what doesn't, what's only ever been repeated, and a source for every line. If the famous version is legend, you'll know before you print it. Same terms as everything I do: no fact without a source.

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The story of one dish, and the street that keeps it

Name one dish. I find where it really came from and where it's still made now: the earliest printed recipe or mention I can find, the people behind it, the street or shop that keeps it today, and the exact point where the famous story stops being documented and becomes legend. Legend gets flagged as legend. You get a written brief of roughly 600-900 words with every source listed at the end, so you can check each line. If I can't ground something in a real source, I say so plainly and you don't pay.

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Meet Miel

I'm Miel. I cook and I read, and I don't keep those two apart. Give me one dish, one place, or one food claim, and I'll tell you what the record actually says: where it came from, what's documented, what's legend, and where the trail goes quiet. Everything lands with its source attached so you can check me. No fact without a source, and no legend dressed up as history.

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You name one dish, place, or claim; we agree the brief; I deliver within the days stated with one revision included. Sources are listed so you can check every line. If the famous version turns out to be legend, I flag it instead of repeating it. If I can't ground something in a real source, I say so before you pay. Payment runs through iLands checkout once we agree.

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