Wild Sweetness: Recipes Inspired by Nature
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Summary
From the creator of the award-winning food blog， Butter and Brioche， comes a unique and beautifully designed full-color cookbook that brings wild flavors to desserts as told through the seasons。
In Wild Sweetness， Thalia Ho captures the essence of the wild， and re-imagines it on the plate。 She guides us through a tale of six distinct seasons and the flavors inspired by them: of bright， herbaceous new life in spring， to the aromatic florals that follow， of bursting summer berries， over-ripe fruit， warmth and spice in fall， then ending with winter and its smolder。
In more than 95 recipes， Thalia opens our eyes and taste buds to a celebration of what the wild has to offer—a world of sweet escapism， using flavor to heighten our experience of food。 Enthralling， unique， and inspired recipes you’ll want to cook over and over again。
In Wild Sweetness， Thalia Ho captures the essence of the wild， and re-imagines it on the plate。 She guides us through a tale of six distinct seasons and the flavors inspired by them: of bright， herbaceous new life in spring， to the aromatic florals that follow， of bursting summer berries， over-ripe fruit， warmth and spice in fall， then ending with winter and its smolder。
In more than 95 recipes， Thalia opens our eyes and taste buds to a celebration of what the wild has to offer—a world of sweet escapism， using flavor to heighten our experience of food。 Enthralling， unique， and inspired recipes you’ll want to cook over and over again。
Reviews
Abhishek Agarwal
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Randomness， chance， and luck influence our lives and our work more than we realize。 Because of hindsight bias and survivorship bias， in particular， we tend to forget the many who fail， remember the few who succeed， and then create reasons and patterns for their success even though it was largely random。 Mild success can be explainable by skills and hard work， but wild success is usually attributable to variance and luck。Reading SuggestionsThis is a list of authors， books， and concepts mentioned Randomness， chance， and luck influence our lives and our work more than we realize。 Because of hindsight bias and survivorship bias， in particular， we tend to forget the many who fail， remember the few who succeed， and then create reasons and patterns for their success even though it was largely random。 Mild success can be explainable by skills and hard work， but wild success is usually attributable to variance and luck。Reading SuggestionsThis is a list of authors， books， and concepts mentioned in Fooled by Randomness， which might be useful for future reading。Montaigne's writing and critical approach to introspective thought。Robert Schiller's 1991 paper on probability and information （first mathematical proof of the low value of information）。Gary Stix science writingThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsKarl Popper's workRead about the Jacovian DilemmaMean Genes bookRandomness by Deborah BennettC。P。 Cavafy’s poetry 。。。more
Ogsen Galstyan
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Մարդիկ չեն սիրում Թալեբի տոնը， իսկ ես վայելում եմ այն։
Brian Sachetta
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If I’m counting correctly， I’ve read four of Taleb’s books now。 Though I definitely read them out of order based on their respective numbers in his book series， I think they're all somewhat interchangeable and work pretty well with one another。This one specifically focuses on the fact that luck and randomness play a much larger role in our lives than we’re comfortable admitting。 Many of the stories in this one revolve around markets， specifically equities trading。 As Taleb points out， if the mar If I’m counting correctly， I’ve read four of Taleb’s books now。 Though I definitely read them out of order based on their respective numbers in his book series， I think they're all somewhat interchangeable and work pretty well with one another。This one specifically focuses on the fact that luck and randomness play a much larger role in our lives than we’re comfortable admitting。 Many of the stories in this one revolve around markets， specifically equities trading。 As Taleb points out， if the markets are fairly hard to predict， then， given enough traders， a few of them will emerge as the "best" out of sheer luck。This is what’s known as the survivorship bias — the extra weight we give to the experiences and advice of folks who emerge from games of randomness。 As Taleb points out， this sort of bias can be quite dangerous and lead us to glorify and praise folks who merely rose to the top as a result of chance。Now， of course， it’s not like the entire world works in that fashion。 There is such a thing as hard work， and it also plays a big role in our lives。 But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t look out for and pay attention to survivorship bias， one of the focal points of this book。There are some other areas of focus in this one as well， including attribution bias， historical determinism， and induction。 Most of these focuses tie together nicely and create a solid manuscript in the end。 Though I did think the book was slow to start， it picked up in the second half and finished strong。 It’s another solid release from Taleb。-Brian SachettaAuthor of “Get Out of Your Head” 。。。more
Taras Vasylyshyn
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Талеб як завжди фундаментальний。 Але лейтмотив його книг - завжди один і теж。 Цікаво було б якби він почав будувати нові теорії。 Але рівень метафор та історичних прикладів - як завжди на висоті。Тут цитати https://vasylyshyn。medium。com/%D0%BE%。。。 Талеб як завжди фундаментальний。 Але лейтмотив його книг - завжди один і теж。 Цікаво було б якби він почав будувати нові теорії。 Але рівень метафор та історичних прикладів - як завжди на висоті。Тут цитати https://vasylyshyn。medium。com/%D0%BE%。。。 。。。more
Marc F。
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Tough read/listen， as was “Black Swan”。 Once you get by the arrogance and let down your our defenses the logic and insights flow。 We humans are a strange bunch when it comes to randomness。
Siddhartha
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Its kind of strange simply for the reason that， when I started the book， I did not know it will grow on me so fast。 The last author to have a similar effect on me was Richard Bach and that was two decades ago。 So I am on a similar path as I was with Bach。 I will read all the books by Taleb。
Jaroslav
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The basic message of this book as I understand it is that people make various logical mistakes when judging series of random events。 The book is full of real world examples of this phenomenon。I enjoyed the content， but I think it could be compressed to 25% length without losing much of its value。 I also find the author's style and habit of bashing other thinkers rather repulsive。 The basic message of this book as I understand it is that people make various logical mistakes when judging series of random events。 The book is full of real world examples of this phenomenon。I enjoyed the content， but I think it could be compressed to 25% length without losing much of its value。 I also find the author's style and habit of bashing other thinkers rather repulsive。 。。。more
Vadim Goryunov
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Интересно， но немного многословно и затянуто。 Талеб доказывает， что в жизни гораздо больше случайностей， чем многие думают。
Mwesigye Reuel Stephen
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Incredible， hard to read， thought provoking。 A book that has added to my knowledge。 Worth a read for the second time。
Roman Zadorozhnii
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Інтелектуальна насолода， як завжди у автора！
Muktesh Daund
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Super like。 Another side of day-to-day happenings in a very engaging and thought-provoking Way。
Darjeeling
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Get it here:https://www。kobo。com/gb/en/audiobook/。。。Very entertaining so far。 Have laughed about 5 times and I'm not even past the first chapter。 Giving the book a provisional 5 star rating， subject to revision， because I feel the the first chapter alone makes this book worth reading and recommending。 It's that good。 Get it here:https://www。kobo。com/gb/en/audiobook/。。。Very entertaining so far。 Have laughed about 5 times and I'm not even past the first chapter。 Giving the book a provisional 5 star rating， subject to revision， because I feel the the first chapter alone makes this book worth reading and recommending。 It's that good。 。。。more
Franc
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Author has a different opiniom on how to approach the markets and life。 I don't agree with half of the book but that's not really a bad thing。 The book makes us think and find arguments to agree or disagree with what is being said and that is intelectual challenge that we we should aim when reading these kind of books。 Author has a different opiniom on how to approach the markets and life。 I don't agree with half of the book but that's not really a bad thing。 The book makes us think and find arguments to agree or disagree with what is being said and that is intelectual challenge that we we should aim when reading these kind of books。 。。。more
Diego Pacheco
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It’s a ok book。 Talk about how we can easily be fooled by randomness and how math models can gives us false sense of correntes。 Taking knowledge less serious and stoicism。
Valerie Sherman
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Excellent food for thought; I wish there were more suggestions about how to apply it to your life， especially for risk management。 I've read "Antifragility" and am aiming to read the other works by Taleb this year， starting with this one。 Excellent food for thought; I wish there were more suggestions about how to apply it to your life， especially for risk management。 I've read "Antifragility" and am aiming to read the other works by Taleb this year， starting with this one。 。。。more
Manuel Nunes
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One of the best books i've read in a while One of the best books i've read in a while 。。。more
Tatiana Maestri
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Sensacional！！！
Gianluca Truda
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One tangent Taleb explores in Fooled by Randomness is that reviews tell you more about the reviewer than the product they are reviewing。 So reviewing the book is pretty meta。 But I write these for my own future reference anyway， so I guess that makes this some kind of introspective exercise。Regardless， I was surprised to really love this book。 Taleb has a reputation on Twitter for being as preference-polarising as Marmite， so I wasn't sure what to expect。 Fooled by Randomness is a great examinat One tangent Taleb explores in Fooled by Randomness is that reviews tell you more about the reviewer than the product they are reviewing。 So reviewing the book is pretty meta。 But I write these for my own future reference anyway， so I guess that makes this some kind of introspective exercise。Regardless， I was surprised to really love this book。 Taleb has a reputation on Twitter for being as preference-polarising as Marmite， so I wasn't sure what to expect。 Fooled by Randomness is a great examination of intuitive probability theory and sampling effects， mainly applied to financial markets。 It echoes （or likely inspired/propagated） many of the ideas about probabilistic reasoning and cognitive biases that I've read about in more recent work。 I also quite enjoyed Taleb's loose and witty writing style， which stands apart from the bland non-fiction style adopted by many modern authors。 I inhaled the audiobook in less than a week and am looking forward to diving into The Black Swan。Some things I noted down while listening:1。 Don’t decide if you’re “bullish” or “bearish。” That’s only considering the distribution of the odds。 Also consider the distribution of payoffs。 If you’re 75% sure the market will go up by 1% next week then most would call you somewhat bullish。 But if you think that there’s 25% chance it’ll fall by 10%， then shorting is the far better side of the bet to take。 Expected value is what we are concerned with。2。 Herbert A。 Simon’s ideas about Satisficing。 Apparently satisficers in life are happier than optimisers。3。 Taleb’s Generator: “We favour the visible， the embedded， the personal， the narrated， and the tangible。 We scorn the abstract。 Everything good — aesthetics， ethics — and wrong — fooled by randomness — with us seems to flow from it。” 。。。more
Yadnesh Salvi
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Must read before starting trading。Spoiler : You might decide not to trade after reading this book。This book shows the importance of randomness （luck/chance） in success and failure， and in life in general。
Niyaz Puzhikkunnath
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Pretty useful anecdotes and insights if you interested in markets and predictions。 The author rambles a lot though， and most won't be able to stand his ego。 Pretty useful anecdotes and insights if you interested in markets and predictions。 The author rambles a lot though， and most won't be able to stand his ego。 。。。more
Florin Roșoga
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Interesting book， I learned many valuable ideas。 Still， I don't like Taleb's style of writing， but it's worth reading it。 Interesting book， I learned many valuable ideas。 Still， I don't like Taleb's style of writing， but it's worth reading it。 。。。more
Brandon Rodriguez
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He makes a comment about not using an editor because he wanted the book to retain his line of thinking， style of writing。。 I couldn’t shake this thought as he talked in circles and repeating points。 It is clear to me that the man is a genius and touches on several topics that I would like to hear more about。。 but he just runs back to randomness and financial humility （not for the sake of a greater good， but for the sake of financial security） over and over。
Fabio Ismerim
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Erro remediado。Deveria ter lido há muito tempo。 Não foi a minha primeira obra lida de Nassim， autor que sou fã incondicional e procuro aplicar sua filosofia em tudo que faço。 Como sempre， uma leitura provocativa sobre （ir）racionalidade， e sobre o que é a probabilidade。 Como ela é， e como deve ser aplicada。 É muito comum levarmos a probabilidade como algo quase certo， sem pensar na outra face da moeda。Uma aula。
Mel Siat
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dnf date started 11/08/20just not for me after a while very repetitive
Alex Fitzgerald
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You read one chapter and you have read the whole book。 Not really my style of book or general interest category。 The whole book， in my opinion， seeks to debunk a certain method of enriching oneself through a system that is built upon a tendency to arbitrarily assign “value” to things that do not contribute to a meaningful life。 The wide-spread failure to align with the authors strategy of securing wealth is the main purpose of this book。 It may be said that this book is also about our general te You read one chapter and you have read the whole book。 Not really my style of book or general interest category。 The whole book， in my opinion， seeks to debunk a certain method of enriching oneself through a system that is built upon a tendency to arbitrarily assign “value” to things that do not contribute to a meaningful life。 The wide-spread failure to align with the authors strategy of securing wealth is the main purpose of this book。 It may be said that this book is also about our general tendency to over attribute success to our own characters and abilities and attribute failure to pure， uncontrollable randomness。 These are good life considerations that could have been stated and demonstrated in no more than 20 pages。 The main struggle with this book for myself is the context of this book。 It is filled with stories of functional materialists with the ultimate goal of enriching themselves and accumulating material status symbols of success。 It woefully sad and empty。 It’s sophisticated groupthink。 My general disdain for this book could also be caused by a culture shock as I did not grow up in the type of environment described in this book。 Regardless， I think I am better off because of that reality。 If anything， I feel sorry for the people who inhibit this book。 。。。more
Ajeeth Peo
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Nassim Taleb （and this book） is like psyllium husk。 It's doesn't go in easy and one doesn't consume it because it feels good but because one knows it is important for one's robustness， especially as one gets older。 It's not an easy read - not in that it's rife with jargon， no it's not easy because of the way he writes， unfiltered。 But like the husk I have each morning， it ensures that my system is cleansed of sh*t。 Nassim Taleb （and this book） is like psyllium husk。 It's doesn't go in easy and one doesn't consume it because it feels good but because one knows it is important for one's robustness， especially as one gets older。 It's not an easy read - not in that it's rife with jargon， no it's not easy because of the way he writes， unfiltered。 But like the husk I have each morning， it ensures that my system is cleansed of sh*t。 。。。more
Arrio
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Powerful critique of elitist arrogance as found in the upper echelons of American capitalist firms， “high finance，” etc。 Also a reminder of how pertinent Hume’s insights remain。 Philosophical examination of mathematical assumptions in algorithms and financial decision-making is of paramount importance， and Taleb explains why。
Alexandru
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I read someone's' review saying that they only gave 5 stars to those books that are truly enlightening or even life changing。 I think that I will start following the same philosophy and I will begin with Fooled by Randomness。 Nassim Taleb is an essayist， scholar， mathematical statistician， and former option trader and risk analyst。 He is also passionate about classic literature， philosophy， psychology and cross-disciplinary studies。 He managed to write a book that cannot be put down and even tho I read someone's' review saying that they only gave 5 stars to those books that are truly enlightening or even life changing。 I think that I will start following the same philosophy and I will begin with Fooled by Randomness。 Nassim Taleb is an essayist， scholar， mathematical statistician， and former option trader and risk analyst。 He is also passionate about classic literature， philosophy， psychology and cross-disciplinary studies。 He managed to write a book that cannot be put down and even though has a bit of technical talk it is very well explained with examples that any layperson could read as long as they have a bit of high school mathematical knowledge。Mr Taleb's premise is simple， that randomness plays a far larger role in our lives than we think。 Human brains are hardwired to see patterns and to generalise。 This is allows us to build behaviours and to react to sets of situations in certain ways。 The problem is that our brains have a far harder time dealing with randomness and as such many times we see patterns even when there are none。 This happens even in people that have the technical and scientific training to understand statistics and probability。 Many times again scientists and thinkers have been fooled into believing some random pattern only to be later proven horribly wrong。 Even when faced with reality many people refuse to believe in randomness。 And when they do they only accept when it comes to their failure， not to their success。 It is the old human adage: if I have success it is due to my superior skill and understanding of the odds， if I fail it is due to chance。Mr。 Taleb is works in the financial markets and as such has many examples from the industry。 There are plenty of people that believed that they found patterns in the market or that they could beat the market only to end up 'blowing up'。 But the same has happened time and time again in all human disciplines from biology to physics and anything in between。 Even religion is a direct application of the fact that humans attributed certain happenings in nature to divinity （basically trying to find patterns）。A good point that Mr Taleb makes is that we are always shown on TV various people that have achieved wild success。 The news channels ask them what they did to succeed， they write books explaining how they got to where they are and so on。 The problem is that there are millions of other people that have exactly the same characteristics and did exactly the same things in life but never achieved a measure of success。 The idea is that hard work， education and perseverance can lead to a certain measure of success， however great success usually only comes as a result of random chance and opportunity。A great advice from the book is never to get married to an idea and to accept the fact that you could get easily proven wrong。 The biggest financial losses happened when traders were so set on their opinion of the market and so certain of their understanding of probability that they refused to see any evidence when the market started crashing。 In fact， the people that have achieved the greatest success are the ones that have changed their minds as a result of evidence and are known to have changed their minds and opinions。Some readers find Mr Taleb's writing condescending and arrogant， especially since he frequently derides journalists， CEOs or people with MBAs （despite admitting that he himself has an MBA）。 But if any sane person frequently reads the press or has been in a corporate environment among CEOs and holders of MBAs they will find themselves agreeing Mr Taleb wholeheartedly。Finally， Mr Taleb himself admits that he is easily fooled by randomness as anyone else。 The only difference is that he is fully aware of the fact and accepts it， whereas most people continue to blind to this。 。。。more
Gundalai Batbold
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Whaaat
Yosif
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