“What the fact of having committed … sexual assault complicates for an acclaimed celebrity is the feelings—or maybe, at most, the immediate social situation—of those who’d like to go right on celebrating him. Ironically, or maybe not ironically, nothing smooths this complication more easily than the word ‘complicated’: Be sure to include it in your…
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Red Chile-Honey Glazed Salmon with Black Bean Sauce and Jalapeno Crema
“I don’t want my own podcast bc there are too many, but who’s gonna give me a recurring segment on theirs called “yah I’m not gonna do that” where I review recipes and tell you why I’m not gonna do that” –Alison Roman I apologize for this ridiculous title, but the original recipe – and…
Buttermilk Skillet Cake with Walnut Praline Topping
“Donald Trump’s presidency has been a dark time – but it won’t end just because he’s left office. Rooting out corruption and incompetence, rebuilding our government, and ensuring it will work for the people will require painstaking work. I’ve got a serious plan to get it done.” –Presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren We are still…
Spaghetti with Pepperoni Marinara
“The presidency is not an office that automatically gives its occupant the power to order everyone around; much of what a president gets done depends on his or her ability to convince others to go along. That’s a lot easier if everyone understands that the president is going to be in office for a while.”…
Chocolate Tahini Sheet Cake with Tahini Frosting
“…the guru is an expert at gaming privilege. Many of his so-called life hacks are just that, hacks – sly methods of disrupting other people’s resources for the sake of your own. If you happen to have a few demographic advantages, plus the raw self-loathing and lack of affection for humanity that tend to accompany…
Not Just Another Kale Salad
“I was taught that it was Eve who ended paradise with her hunger. But lately, I have begun to wonder if it wasn’t all over from the very moment it was created. All paradise is doomed to end. And yet we keep trying to create it.” —Lyz Lenz, Empty the Pews The last book that…
Seriously Dirty Martini
The end of 2019 is directly upon us, bearing down like a terrifying freight train or creeping in like a tortoise on downers, depending on your perspective and experience. Whatever anyone’s personal impression, we all agree this is the time of year every media outlet obsesses over (usually) best-of year-end lists. I feel the compulsion…
Sausage and Sage Biscuits
“He [George Bailey] wasn’t trying to extract value out of those folks. He just used a different method for determining who was creditworthy. … He didn’t try to do accelerated mortgages that were going to cost people their homes or suck thousands of dollars of value out of every transaction. They were trying to help…
Salted Butterscotch Walnut Fudge
“History will remember those willing to speak truth to power. Yes, I called for Trump’s impeachment early. This is our country. Our foremothers and forefathers shed their blood to defend this democracy. I refuse to have it undermined. I wholeheartedly support this resolution and am proud in the final analysis justice will have served in…
Gingerbread Morning Buns
“Above all, autocrats succeed when democrats falter, squabble, and dither.” —Michael Hirsch, Foreign Policy As I’m writing this, the House Judiciary Committee is preparing to vote on whether to advance two articles of impeachment of President Donald Trump. I feel certain the vote will be cast by the time I hit publish. I haven’t been…
