Links and recommendations for the last day of April
Hi. Can you believe it’s the last day of April? One third of 2023 is already over. The year is moving at breakneck speed. (Maybe it’s because 2020, 2021, and even 2022 felt so incredibly slow. Every time I go to a restaurant or a bar now, I still marvel a little bit at how everything is just back to normal after the hellish last three years that we had.) It feels like this year, everyone is making up for all that lost time — and I love it.
Here’s a whole bunch of links, recipes, and recommendations from the last two weeks. Have a great Sunday!
Good things to read
How NYC’s Bakery Lines Became as Fierce as Streetwear Drops | Eater
I Really Didn’t Want to Go, by Lauren Oyler | Harper's Magazine. Lauren Oyler on the Goop cruise!
Why Money Makes Everyone So Anxious | The New York Times
The Myth of the Broke Millennial | The Atlantic
The Post-Platform Internet | Kyle Chayka
Pick a Practical Major, Like French | New York Magazine
What Was Twitter, Anyway? | The New York Times
What If You Weren’t Scared of Your Kid Being Fat? | The Cut
We Don’t Perform Motherhood for Our Kids | The Cut
ChatGPT Is Already Changing How I Do My Job | The New York Times
The Internet of the 2010s Ended Today | The Atlantic
My Taste Is Basic. So What? | Harper's Bazaar
no good alone | Internet Princess
When your neighbors become your overlords | Vox
Taco Bell’s Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food Wars | The New Yorker
The Mental Health Benefits of Spring-Cleaning | Vogue
How Elon Musk Turned the Blue Checkmark Into a Scarlet Letter | Slate
This Week’s Tiniest Social Media Drama Is About Olive Oil | The New York Times
Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon Are Out but Not Down Vanity Fair
Homeless in the City Where He Was Once Mayor | The New York Times
A Dishy New History of Online Media Leaves Out Half the Equation | Slate
Everything is Clapham now | New Statesman
The age of ambient information | New Statesman
They Did It for the Clicks | The New Republic
You Have a New Memory | Slate
There Are Too Many Celebrity Cooking Shows | Eater
Good things to cook
Things I’ve made in the last couple weeks: Tofu with miso-maple dressing. Chipotle honey salmon bowls. Ginger scallion chicken bowls. Saucy tofu with garam masala. BBQ salmon bowls with mango-avocado salsa.
I’ve also been trying to cook/eat vegetarian meals just a little more often — once a week — hence the frequent tofu recipes. And I’m especially looking forward to this new Washington Post newsletter featuring plant-based recipes from Hetty Lui McKinnon, one of my favorite recipe writers.
And a slightly specific request: Have you found any good new recipes featuring sugar snap peas? It’s one of my favorite spring veggies and I’d love to try a fun new recipe. If you have any recs, I’d love to hear them!
Recommendations
Just some things I’ve been loving lately.
An excellent spring/summer jumpsuit for only $30: I just got this sleeveless jumpsuit from Universal Thread at Target in black and already love it. It’s perfect for spring and summer — I’m honestly tempted to get another one in another color! (Sizes S-4X)
A fun soda that feels like a little treat: I’ve gotten into Ollipop recently, the very millennial-branded-looking soda you’ve probably seen at the grocery store. On nights when I don’t want to have a glass of wine but I’m still craving something that feels like a “treat,” these have been perfect.