Things are heating up this past week, and we’re looking at a few scorching days ahead. For the past two weeks, I’ve gone out on long walks with a friend from my school program, despite the heat, and it’s felt so good to move my body and sweat a bit. There have been a lot of ups and downs this week, and I’ve felt much more tired than usual. There aren’t always good reasons for or identifiable causes, but it’s a reminder to go easy on ourselves even so.
Also, an update on the garden: it’s been productive, but the animals in the yard have been beating me to everything that’s grown. C and I each ate a strawberry this week, but that’s been the extent of what we’ve been able to harvest. Same with the peas we were growing: they were nibbled off at 6 inches. As we’re turning towards August, I hope we can get some home-grown zucchini and tomatoes to celebrate our first season.
What I’ve Been Reading & Enjoying Recently:
I’ve been thinking about sprucing up my kitchen, and I’m not the only one thinking about COVID and kitchens: how we’ll design future kitchens
Reading White Food Media and the Commodification of Resistance (from a perennial favorite, Joy the Baker)
… which led to finding: Osayi Endolyn.
This is our local store, and shopping this week has changed accordingly: Whole Foods is being sued by Cambridge worker who led protests over Black Lives Matter masks. In the past, we’ve split our grocery runs between Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, so we stuck to TJs this week, though I’m going to do a trial run at Wegman’s to see how that goes. (I’ve never been!)
Last weekend, Susan Orleans made a splash on Twitter with a series of drunken tweets. She explains her drunken viral Twitter thread here.
Feel free to skip Susan’s explanation in favor of @Cackowski (who is hilarious and is a recurring actor on Drunk History) reading @susanorleans’s drunk tweets
Maybe some good news? Breastfeeding (with precaution measures) not likely to spread COVID from moms to babies
Just for fun: guide to skin care
More good news this week (which is weird to write) is that the libraries opened up for contactless pickup for books on hold. We had Tiny T. Rex and the Very Dark Dark waiting for us, and the kids love it. A favorite this week.
What I’ve Been Cooking This Week:
Sunday: Shrimp with chermoula and cous cous (from Open Kitchen cookbook)
Monday: Ordered pizza
Tuesday: Chicken & peachy pan sauce with egg noodles and salad
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: BLT sandwiches and sautéed green beans
Friday: Spaghetti with green beans
Saturday: Beef & bean tacos with cheese, avocado, and bell peppers
Coming up this week:
- Marinated grilled chicken (from the latest Food & Wine magazine)
- Rosemary chicken tagliatelle (Nigella Lawson)
- Fusilli with beans, tomato, and corn (from the new cookbook Cool Beans)
