been subscribed to this substack for a bit and she does not disappoint!! her recipes are nice mix of classic yet experimental and she also has a few really good cookbooks that are available in most bookstores
Sep 20, 2024
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This is an incredible baking newsletter from a genius baker/recipe developer called Nicola Lamb. She walks you through all the phases of her recipe development so you get a proper education on the chemistry of each bake as she tries different fats/moisture levels/types of ingredients until she arrives at the finished product. You can skip all this and go straight to the recipe or you can linger over her tests (often there are GIFs!) as she makes her way there, but I love it and have made the best Rhum Baba and Burnt Basque Cheesecakes because of her tireless efforts. It's a Substack, there's a free version but if you have the means please pay for it because that’s the decent thing to do!
Jan 21, 2025
The recipes so far are for her more understated dishes that become sleeper hits at dinner parties.
Nov 21, 2024
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Downshiftology: lots of healthy, simple, seasonal recipes with dietary restrictions and ingrediets in mind as well
Make It Dairy Free: food allergy conscious recipes
the NYT Cooking + Bon Appetit if you can get a subscription but I just use a paywall bypass to get recipes from there
Jul 23, 2024
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I adore finding a random video from like 2005 and reading through the comments the way a historian would examine an old manuscript from the 1700s. Are these people still active YouTube users? Or are they forgotten accounts? What did @jjlwis mean by "awww im gonna miss rob too!!!" ? Who even is Rob?? Anthropology in the digital age... so many questions... it's fascinating.
The important thing for me is not to add new comments. I feel like I'm disturbing an old archeological dig site and my sticky modern commentary will make the video crumble away into oblivion. More importantly, I don't want the algorithm to suggest the video to a bunch of people who will spam the comments section– major yuck 🤢
Jan 25, 2024
early 80s to early 2000s truck models are the perfect sizes imo. current trucks are transformer-sized behemoths that could easily crush normal vehicles into smithereens upon impact and i legit don’t know how those things are even street-legal. also, idk if it’s their design, reliability or the nostalgia factor per-se, but there’s a certain sazón those older trucks have that newer ones don’t.
2024 Ford F-150? 🤮🤢
1980 Ford F-150? 🫦🫦
Feb 9, 2025
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with social media being this pervasive entity that has weeded its way into our daily routines for the past 20ish years (plus a global pandemic that really solidified those habits), many young adults today have spent a large amount of their lives living online. it has become the new norm and i’m not gonna pretend i’m above any of this because it’s so easy to fall into it (i am literally writing this rec on my phone whilst it’s a perfectly sunny day that i should probably go out to enjoy).
with that being said, in the larger scheme of life, being in your 20s is still in a weird way the beginning stages of your life. it’s a period to try new things, make mistakes, learn from them and develop an identity that’s independent from the environment and people who raised you. though you can learn to do some of those things online, they don’t hold a candle to actually experiencing those things for yourself in real life.
all in all, the best way to not sleep thru your 20s is to prioritize in-person experiences that allow you to get a better understanding of yourself and your values. whether that be getting your first tattoo, moving to a new city or country, exploring your personal style or taking up hobbies you couldn’t or would‘ve never done as a kid, this is an important formative time to venture out and get a sense of who you truly are.
Sep 30, 2024