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As it so happens, I interviewed Ruby Lynn Reyner three years ago on this very day. I was interested in talking to her about her time fronting Ruby and the Rednecks, a satirical glam rock band that regularly shared stages at Max’s Kansas City, the Mercer Arts Center, and CBGB with the likes of the New York Dolls, Patti Smith, Blondie, the Modern Lovers, Suicide, and Talking Heads. But Ruby was, first and foremost, an actress.

This is the second installment of Cookbook on a Budget, where I share not-expensive entry points to books I love. Check out the first installment, on Via Carota’s Onion and Bread Soup, here. These posts will always be free for everyone. If you want to support my work, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription, or sharing this post with someone you think will enjoy it. Last year Ruby Tandoh, a food writer, cookbook author, and former GBBO contestant, started posting recipes from her latest cookbook, Cook As You Are, on Instagram.

In much the same way I know a lot about the Army from a not terribly distinguished career, I know a lot about drinking from the same grievous perspective.  Let me assure you that when your drinking earns you an above-the-fold front page story in the New York Times that jumps to a full page inside the paper, as Rudy Giuliani’s drinking did today, it’s not funny. Sure, there is a temptation to point fingers and snicker at the photos of Giuliani from 2020 with hair dye cascading in sweaty rivulets down his cheeks as he was attempting to captain the listing ship of Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” campaign.

"Upterrlainarluta.” Yup'ik, VERB: “to be wise in preparing for the unknowable."* When it comes to the planetary crisis, the most important question you can ask yourself is “Where?” It feels almost anachronistic to say it — in these days of globalization, international entertainment, worldwide travel, remote work, constant connection and instant access to everything — but the most important choice facing you and your family as the planetary crisis crashes down is where you choose to be.

Imagine if someone told you you could only buy 5 things for your wardrobe each year. Only 5 things. Sit with that for a second. How many have you bought already this year - can you even remember them all? Were they worth it? How many times have you worn each since? Because it turns out, 5 things is all we can afford. A 2022 report from the Hot or Cool Institute crunched the numbers and worked out that if fashion wanted to stay below the 1.

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I first became aware of Todd Haynes’ new awards darling last Spring. Fittingly, it was May. An image appeared on my screen out of the film festival fog: the bright red carpet of the Croisette, flashbulbs, and Julianne Moore, and Natalie Portman, and…Charles Melton?  I was struck with the kind of dumbfounded shock that generally sends me into a fugue state wherein I black in moments later and realize I am deep in the bowels of his profile on IMDBpro incessantly muttering “who is his agent?

There were plenty of submarine movies prior to 1958’s “Run Silent, Run Deep” — including “The Enemy Below” just the year before starring Robert Mitchum — but in many ways it feels like the granddaddy of the genre. It was among the first to feature two strong male leads in opposition, a dispute in which they are not on different sides of a wartime conflict but the captain and first mate (or executive officer, as the U.

Hello, wonderful witches! If you’ve come here thanks to the Eater article about my tyromancy sessions, welcome! I’m so glad to have you as a subscriber. Those sessions are selling like hotcakes right now, so head on over to the tyromancy tab up top to find my booking link if you want to schedule one. And if you want to give someone a session as a gift, I also do gift certificates!