The Cube Rule of Food identification was first outlined in a tweet by @Phosphatide (a then 25-year-old man named Brandon) and expanded into the cuberule.com website by Andre Arko. It defines the type of food by the location of starch elements that are structural to the food. (Such as bread, crusts, etc.)
In this typology, there are 7 types of food:
- Salad (0 starches)
- Toast (1 starch)
- Sandwich (2 starches, typically in parallel planes)
- Taco (starch on 3 planes)
- Sushi (starch on 4 planes - wrapped around the rest of the food)
- Quiche (starch on all sides of the food except one)
- Calzone (starch completely surrounding the food)
Examples
The following are examples of each type:
Salad (0 starches)
- Steak
- Mashed potatoes
- Fried rice
- Spaghetti
- Soup
Toast (1 starch)
- Pizza
- Nigiri sushi
Sandwich (2 starches, typically parallel)
- Traditional sandwich between two slices of bread
- Lasagna
Taco (starch on 3 planes)
- Hot dog
- Sub sandwich
Sushi (starch on 4 sides; wrapped around a non-starch)
- Falafal wrap
- Pigs in a blanket
Quiche (starch on 5 sides)
- Cheesecake
- Soup in a bread bowl
Calzone (starches on 6 sides; surrounding the food)
- Burrito
- Corn dog
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