RYAN WACH
THE LIVING ARCHIVE
A KITCHEN DETOUR / TWO VERY SPECIFIC MINUTES

From Reading the Book
to Being in It

Mushrooms, tacos, and a one-minute time limit.

58
MUSHROOMS / ONE MINUTE / 2024

At the chopping board

Ryan chopping mushrooms
Edited still from the attempt, with a reconstructed neutral background.

Ryan chopped 58 mushrooms in one minute. Guinness World Records lists the record title as “Most mushrooms chopped in one minute.”

The mushrooms were gobbled up as an appetizer by a hungry group of kids and adults.

Read the official record entry ↗
View the Guinness World Records certificateGuinness World Records certificate for 58 mushrooms chopped in one minute
24
TACOS / ONE MINUTE / TEAM OF TWO / 2025

Two people, twenty-four tacos

Ryan and his wife assembling tacos
Edited still from the attempt, with a reconstructed neutral background.

Ryan and his wife assembled 24 hard-shell tacos in one minute, working as a team of two.

They were eaten at a dinner party that day. Due to video corruption that forced a repeat, we broke the record twice, six months apart.

Read the official record entry ↗
View the Guinness World Records certificateGuinness World Records certificate for 24 hard-shell tacos assembled in one minute by a team of two