I forgot to mention this guy, Dylan Hollis. I don’t follow him too much but have from time to time thought I’d like to try some of the stuff he highlights. Like the history guy I mentioned above (Max Miller), he focuses on old recipes (specifically old US local cookbooks) and tries to recreate and/or improve the recipes he finds.
He’s pretty campy with his humor but I find him entertaining, and most of his YT productions are shorts, so most are only a couple of minutes long.
I keep saying I’m going to try some of the stuff he copies, but haven’t yet. This one linked below he found surprisingly good, but he’s not afraid to also post videos when a recipe is total crap. In those cases, he often runs a series of iterations to make them better.
ETA - here’s a short on one that didn’t turn out well.
Of the recipe author, he says, “This person has been to a dark place. Uhg, it lingers… …they’ve seen bad things…”
