<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Substantia</title><description>An evolving body of knowledge dedicated to understanding culinary excellence and, through gastronomy, understanding culture itself.</description><link>https://readsubstantia.com/</link><item><title>Two Questions: Evaluating a Restaurant and Recommending One</title><link>https://readsubstantia.com/essays/two-questions-evaluating-recommending/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://readsubstantia.com/essays/two-questions-evaluating-recommending/</guid><description>On why the act of evaluating a restaurant and the act of advising a traveller about it are different tasks requiring different methods, and what goes wrong when they are conflated.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>