I’m waiting on a call from the vet to find out if my beloved fourteen-year-old kitty has lymphoma or not. While I’m well aware that my unpleasant situation is hardly unique, and that the world keeps turning anyways, and that TRUE ADULTING is recognizing that, the truth is that my brain is pretty scrambled and…
Esquites with Smoked Trout
“Try this recipe once, and you’ll understand why we call the Mexican elote one of the best ways to serve corn, hands down.” —Serious Eats Mexican street corn. Elote. You know it. You’ve bought it from a taco truck or casual restaurant. You’ve likely made it at home. You know it originated in Mexico City,…
Raspberry Ricotta Cake
“Members of the press, what the fuck?” –Beto O’Rourke This most recent spate of mass shootings has left me completely gut-punched, more so than usual. It’s pathetic and infuriating that I live in a first-world country where it’s normal to type such a sentence. Despite growing up in Texas, I’ve never been a fan of…
Blueberry Pistachio Tabbouleh
“When people do inexplicable things, it’s always tempting to project qualities onto them that would offer a more innocuous explanation of their behavior than bad judgment, fecklessness, or stupidity. And this particular bias has infected contemporary political analysis with a virulence that rivals Ebola.” —Elizabeth Spiers Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi enjoys a reputation,…
Blueberry Pancakes with Chorizo Maple Syrup
“Fun fact: A dog’s willingness to meet eyes with humans is one of the things that separates them from wolves.” —Renee Jaques, Huffington Post Last weekend was Mr. Wallace’s birthday, and seeing as he has reached those echelons of middle age where one begins to decline to divulge which particular birthday one is celebrating, the…
Grilled Flank Steak with Feta and Sriracha Crema
“Even though the multiracial coalition that re-elected Obama in 2012 and stayed home in 2016 was large enough to change the outcome of the election, the Democratic leadership has focused on voters who swung from Barack Obama to Donald Trump.” —Tory Gavito and Sean McElwee, GQ On November 6, 2018, we witnessed the successful culmination…
Strawberry Milk Pie
“Since Vietnam, every time a Democrat has won the presidency, it’s because Democrats voted with their hearts in a primary and closed ranks around the candidate who inspired them, promising an obvious break from the past and an inspiring vision that blossomed in the general election.” —Peter Hamby, Vanity Fair I was 17 in November…
Lemonade Cookies
“And you know what? A few of us went down on guys in theaters.” –Nicole Cliffe In addition to physical books and a few regular columns and blogs, I read many articles each week, most of which are fairly depressing. The news just blows serious chunks right now. But every once in a while, you…
Damn Good Queso
“Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to.” –Chris Rock While the 2018 midterms are certainly in the rear view mirror by now, I, a native but transplanted Texan, have been unable to tear my nerdy self away from studying the…
Milk Street’s Piri Piri Chicken
“As long as it refuses to examine the culpability of its explicitly patriarchal theology in fostering abuse, the SBC’s [Southern Baptist Convention] systemic abuse problem is going to remain unsolved.” —Chrissy Stroop, Playboy You may remember reading the bombshell investigative report on sex abuse scandals and the ensuing cover-ups plaguing the Independent Fundamental Baptist denomination,…
