A Thing Or Two We’re Doing Besides Appealing To Our Coffee-Table Books
Friends! Esteemed colleagues! For the next month, we won’t be releasing new podcast episodes, but we will be re-airing our greatest hits from the recent past, starting with Marisa Meltzer on her phenomenal book This Is Big. If you have thoughts on what you want from us when we’re back, reply to this email and tell us—we wanna know. And, if you’ve been thinking about signing up for Secret Menu for more, more, more where this came from, you should know that September’s new subscriber $$ will go straight to Autism Speaks. In this week’s installment, we’re putting on our Dear Abby hats and answering reader questions. Pretty sure you don’t want to miss it.
erica’s things
Channeling this dog’s approach to fall.
Treasuring a rare good thing about this era we’re living in: We’ve reached peak miniatures. My personal favorite has gotta be this gallery, but there sure is some tough competition.
Putting a jar of curry paste to excellent use. Two recipe notes: 1) This really did take 15 minutes, and I am grateful for its honesty. 2) I did mine up with frozen shrimp.
Leaning into the campus novel during a very, eh, Bizarro World back-to-school season. Highly endorse this one, about a Black, queer biochem grad student finding his way.
Doubling-down on postcard-sending with a Fotofolio subscription. The crew over there has been collaborating with very big deal photographers and artists since 1975!
claire’s things
Cheering on anyone turning their time, money, and attention toward menopause. Related: Nike launching maternity is a big damn deal, even if it’s a late one.
Slurping up the best soba noodles I’ve eaten outside of a restaurant...and doing so in the context of a super simple, hot-weather-friendly dish.
Loving all things Lichen, especially their perfect coffee table that now resides in our home.
Praying for rain because I simply CANNOT. (And by “cannot” I mean cannot handle the cuteness but also cannot justify the purchase unless we find ourselves in a state of constant monsoon.)
Preferring “nosy” to “voyeuristic,” thankyouverymuch.
