Sometimes I think back to the time when recipes on the Internet did not come ensnared in ads and autoplay videos, all throbbing with that yearning pulse of SEO optimization. How varied our tastes and expressions were back then!
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Crispy Skin Salmon and Herbs
Food is like the weather. Experienced by all, it makes for reliable small talk, both accessible and banal. We’ve all been there. Be it with a coworker or an in-law or those friends we meet for brunch on a quarterly basis, there we find ourselves, again and again, circling that conversational cul-de-sac, dutifully providing our views…
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Honeydew
The honeydew is unloved.
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Red Beans and Rice
How do you wash rice?
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Duke InterVarsity: A Story of Race, Religion, and White Retreat
Time and again, the burden of integration falls on the already marginalized.
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Things That Matter: Chopsticks
Why is it so fucking hard to find a good pair of chopsticks?
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Four Nights Before You Were Born
A midnight reflection while jumping out to a head start on those sleepless nights…
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Comcast Makes Me Want to Gouge My Eyes
Even while writing this, I realize there’s nothing that can be said about the miserable existence of a monopolistic internet service provider that hasn’t already been said. But I’m doing this for posterity. If my daughters grow up with no internet, they will know why—I’ve fucking had it with Comcast XFinity. They are a bunch…
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