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NAPA, Calif. — Venturing off well-trodden roads is often the path to culinary adventures. Case in point: Napa’s new Cocina Milonga, purveyor of Argentinian empanadas and pastries and just possibly the best cup of coffee in town. After you find Yajome Street, it’s hard to miss this new cafe and shop. Its sky-blue exterior and colorful patio furniture beckon visitors into a vivid red and yellow interior to be greeted by lively music, a warm welcome and this painted greeting: Un café para despertar; una empanada para sonreir (a coffee to wake up, an empanada to make you smile).

Hi, happy April, and welcome to issue #57 of Susanality, a newsletter by me, Susan Spungen. Last month marked the first full year of this newsletter (hard to believe it’s been that long!). I’m truly grateful for this opportunity to connect with you and for the creative challenge of developing seasonal recipes each and every week. To celebrate Susanality’s first anniversary, I’m offering 20% off annual paid subscriptions, which provide lots of bonus content (extra recipes, technique video tutorials, gear round ups, and more), now through April 8th.

Over the last few months (or years, if I’m honest), I’ve been completely over social media. It’s never been a comfortable space for me—it’s often seems like in order to attract an audience, you have to be willing to put so much of yourself and your life out for all to see and it’s just always felt a little uncomfortable to me. I stepped into the food writing/recipe development space with dreams of becoming the next David Lebovitz or Deb Perelman or Joy the Baker.

What is it like to arrive at the far side of 3/4 of a century and awaken to the idea that both habitable life and democracy are threatened with extinction? This will be a record of my attempt to process these great disturbances with courage and love. By Kathleen Sullivan · Launched 4 years agoNo thanksncG1vNJzZmijkam1rbHEp6qupJyew6K6jaysm6uklrCsesKopGg%3D

I have not written in quite some time, mostly because I have been reading what others have had to say. I love me some ‘Coffee and Covid’ is the mornings. I am glad to see that some got into the Supreme Court with the Social Media Censorship Case. I was censored early on, with 25 years of bedside experience. I am not holding my breath on that one though. Justice Jackson scares me.

This week’s issue of Substack Reads is guest edited by , the singer and songwriter of the band The Decemberists and an author of picture books, children’s books, and novels. Last week, The Decemberists released their ninth album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again. Colin writes on Substack, and some of his more popular posts include “Kill Your Shuffle Button” and “I had ChatGPT write a Decemberists song.

I’m Amy and I joined Coinbase’s second APM cohort this past August! Over the past few months, a lot of people have reached out to ask about my recruiting experience. So, I figured this would be a good opportunity to share Coinbase’s interview process, some tips, and key resources I used that will hopefully help with your PM job hunt. I got this assignment around a month after submitting my application.

I posted a recipe for steak a few weeks back on Twitter and I accidentally typed “Coke” butter instead of “cold” butter. It sent my comment section into a frenzy with people asking “What is coke butter!”. I clarified the mistake, but a seed was planted. What would a good Coke butter (the drink, not the kitchen vitamin) taste like? Thus began the experiment. At first, I figured it would be too sweet to just add coke to butter without balancing out the flavors.

Good Afternoon Ladies and Gents, Today I just wanted to take a look into Cole Palmer’s season so far and how insane his numbers have been. Since joining Chelsea from Man City at the end of August Cole has started 24 league games, whilst being a used sub for a further 4 accumulating 28 appearances. In those 28 appearances he has been involved in 29 goals, scoring 20 and assisting 9.