6 days agoAnything Can Be Summer Dessert, Even a Bowl of Strawberries and CreamA few weeks ago we had a very hot day in New York. It was the kind of morning where you wake up sweaty even with the AC blasting from its cool little rectangle unit in your living room, where you walk outside and just the feeling of fabric on…3 min read
6 days agoDaily Harvest’s Crumblegate is a Masterclass in How Not to Respond in a CrisisYesterday my boyfriend sent me a link to this tweet, which no amount of context would make seem like less of a disaster for Daily Harvest, a subscription startup that sends you frozen healthy meals, is backed by celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow, and is valued at more than $1 billion…Dtc5 min read
Jun 13The World’s Biggest Four-Day Work Week Experiment is Happening NowWorkers in the U.K. are about to have slightly more time on their hands. From June until December, 3,300 workers at more than 70 U.K. organizations will receive 100% of their regular paychecks in exchange for just 80% of their usual time spent working. In exchange, they’ll maintain 100% of…Future Of Work3 min read
Jun 13The Only Thing You Need To Bring To A Picnic This Summer Is An Olive Oil CakeAs tempting as it may be to make an impressively frosted cake, a Basque cheesecake (it feels like everyone I know has baked one of these recently, and every restaurant I go to in New York City has their own spin on one on their dessert menu), or some sort…Cake4 min read
May 26You Don’t Have To Turn Your Oven On For This Spring Meal-That-Isn’t-Really-A-MealLeeks vinaigrette will be your new favorite low effort, highly impressive spring dish. — In the spring, I am coming out of a winter of heavy meals prepared in a cast-iron enameled Dutch oven, and I sometimes cannot be bothered to cook, or to turn on my oven. Around the same time, you can go to the farmer’s market and for the first weekend…Leek3 min read
May 22How to Find an Apartment in This Economy (With Some Actionable Guidance)A couple months ago I outlined the harrowing and generally unpleasant task of finding a new apartment to live in in New York City right now. I make a decent salary by New York standards, had my shit together and started looking early, and I still worried I wouldn’t be…4 min read
May 6This Is Not A Personal Finance Column, Part 4This one is all about my 401ks. — Something we have long-established in this corner of the internet is a simple idea: I’m really bad with money. Longtime, non-judgmental followers know that I will wait six years to cancel a Planet Fitness membership solely because I don’t want to go to Union Square and do it, or will…Personal Finance5 min read
May 3You Deserve The Dignity Of A Stable JobWithout anyone in your industry sneering at you while you get laid off. — Digital journalism: What’s not to love about it? The pay is medium to bad. If you’re not one of like 4 chosen people at any given outlet your job likely does not contain a lot of promise of upward mobility. Your publication, and everyone else’s, has likely existed for the…4 min read
Apr 26You Only Need to Make One Ramp Meal This SpringI will be honest! I did not know what ramps were until a few years ago when I saw them at the Prospect Park farmers market, nor did I understand them to be the name of a food product until then. …Ramps5 min read
Apr 18Cautionary Tales and Some Light Counter-programming on This Week of April 20I am not sure I actually like the experience of getting high; if I do it successfully it sends me to sleep for eight hours, but at its worst it makes me insanely anxious. Not usually a lot of upside. But because I have the memory of a goldfish and…4 min read
