Alison Roman’s The Stew
Food & drink · 2018 · Niche
A chickpea stew became #TheStew on Instagram and drew 31,020 NYT Cooking ratings.
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How it worksNumbers
- Reported #TheStew Instagram posts (more than)
- 3.5K
- As of Jan 17, 2019 · Instagram · WTOP News
- Peak date
- Week of May 10, 2020
- Nov 28 ’18 to Week of May 10, 2020
- Platforms
- 5
- Started on Open web
- Origin
- Seeded
- Food & beverage
How it spread
Trace the originRoman published a chickpea stew on NYT Cooking. Home cooks shared #TheStew photographs, and Roman reposted them. YouTube recommendations and independent adaptations extended its circulation. The Irish Times named it its most-read recipe of 2020.
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November 2018
Alison Roman seed · Nov 28 ’18
Alison Roman published Spiced Chickpea Stew With Coconut and Turmeric on NYT Cooking.[1]
December 2018
Gena W. / The Political Foodie platform jump · Dec 9 ’18
Gena W. cooked the stew and published her version on The Political Foodie.[2]
January 2019
Butter & Air afterlife · Jan 8 ’19
Butter & Air published a simpler adaptation with more stock and less coconut milk.[3]
Changelogupdated Oct 12 ’26
- Added: 16 events, 20 sources · Score 32
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