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You can always tell when I’m considering a book project: I start stockpiling butter—and sugar and flour—especially when I find it on sale. I am not one of those people who wants to freeze everything, mostly because I don’t have room in my freezer—but I occasionally consider buying a chest freezer just for storing butter. But I know the drill; at first I’d be thrilled to have all that extra room.

This classic Vietnamese street food is packed with flavor, texture and stunning color. It seems like the kind of thing you only order in a restaurant, but I promise it’s easier to make at home than you think. And it’s gluten- and dairy-free. Help us stock the fridge. Become a paid subscriber. Share Dual Core Nakiri 6.5" In Japan, a nakiri is a vegetable knife. It’s designed to handle a full range of vegetables, and a lot more, with ease.

I never got to try out dating apps. Coming up on 15 years of marriage this year, Tinder was just a flammable material when I met Jono. Even back then, our spaghetti carbonara game was strong. A love of food fueled our relationship, and we hopped around restaurants in Rome and New York, comparing carbonara renditions. At home, we started experimenting with the recipe ourselves. For the uninitiated, spaghetti carbonara is one of the world’s perfect foods.

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Swords of the Serpentine is a game by Kevin Kulp and Emily Dresner. Game material and content is reproduced here for review purposes and is owned by Pelgrane Press. In our analysis, we consider every individual artistic element of a game the best; we do not find bad or good useful. So, the Split/Party framework assumes it is the best art, best layout, best writing, best design. This is an acknowledgement that nobody makes “bad” art on purpose; any given element is the best art that could have been produced at that point, restricted by its material conditions and constraints of time and effort.

Welcome to the latest issue of Subtle Maneuvers. Previously: an end-of-summer mega advice column. Those of us who have a hard time keeping up our creative work on a regular basis tend to draw on a catalog of familiar excuses: If a day job isn’t draining our time and energy, then it’s the noisy neighbors, or the lack of a proper work space, or the deliriously worrying state of the world, or some other force beyond our control.

In this short article I will discuss symbolism in the famous opening scene of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in an attempt to explore the symbolism of The Elder Scrolls in general and hopefully synthesise what I’ve written on it before. I will also draw on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for comparison, but since this is part of a series about Skyrim, that will be the emphasis. The Skyrim opening scene is quite lengthy (to the annoyance of everyone who’s replayed the game several times).

Symmetry determines the quality and value of a diamond, but a couple of veteran restaurant operators are intent on making it the new standard for steakhouses, starting Monday. “We’re a chef-driven steakhouse,” Symmetry co-owner Jason Pool told me Friday, just three days before the restaurant’s grand opening. “We’re going to specialize in steak, but we’ve got a talented chef, and we want to let him guide the direction of our menu.

Hey all, Jason here. Dropping into your inbox with an emergency Thursday update, following this morning’s court hearing in the Synapse bankruptcy case — promise to keep it brief! If you enjoy reading this newsletter each Sunday and find value in it, please consider supporting me (and finhealth non-profits!) by signing up for a paid subscription. It wouldn’t be possible to do what I do without the support of readers like you!