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Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. This week: a pop star announces a new boyfriend on Instagram, a model supports her boyfriend’s food truck, and Hilary Duff teams up with Target.  GET 20% OFF ALERT: Gossip Time is still ON SALE, but only until next week. Take advantage of 20% off annual subscriptions for you or your loved ones now! Makes the perfect stocking stuffer: 

Self-Brain Surgery is a regular newsletter about the complex interplay between faith and neuroscience, and how we can build more hopeful, resilient lives by using the brains God gave us in healthier ways. You can also connect with Dr. Warren daily on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast, where faith and neuroscience smash together to help you change your mind and change your life through the power of self-brain surgery.

Hello, Welcome to today’s edition of Kitchen Projects, my recipe development journal. Thank you so much for being here. Today we are jumping deep into my new favourite lent tradition: SEMLA. It’s the much loved Swedish soft bun of dreams filled with the most delicious almond paste. Over on KP+ it’s an absolute classic just in time for Pancake Day: Crêpes by the wonderful Claire Dinhut! Its one of those forever recipes, if you know what I mean.

Last Sunday, during our Cook Along, I found myself smelling the dough when I felt it was ready, smooth, dense and silky under my hands, responsive to my rhytmic movements. I inhaled the smell of semolina flour, closed my eyes, and declared: this is the smell of fresh pasta to me, the smell of sun-ripened wheat, Sunday family gatherings, genuine food. There isn’t just one type of fresh pasta dough in Italy.

Our careers are not linear. Some lessons are learned in a most difficult way. However, grit, resilience, and tenacity go a long way. I invite you to listen to my guest appearance on the F’ing Up Podcast, hosted by Deanne Rhynard. This just dropped yesterday. Check it out on your commute, dog walk, or lunch break. Links: Apple: https://lnkd.in/gXhjfFHr Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g4NiPB8Q Cheers! Generating $10 billion in revenue is a significant success.

Hello intersectional thinkers 👋 Greetings from Tauranga, NZ! Air New Zealand is one of my favourite airlines, and their (slightly creepy) butterfly wallpapered bathroom led to the first unexpected intersection: Is the wide winged swift butterfly aka septem-octo-septem [787], related to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner?! To my surprise, there is no search results for this on Google!! Do you happen to be an aviation geek / butterfly phD? Please someone tell me this is not just a coincidence…!

Have you ever tried the Starbucks pumpkin scone? (I actually haven’t, but hear me out!) I wasn’t planning to do another scone-themed micro bake off, but then I encountered the outrage over Starbuck’s discontinued pumpkin scone. Given Starbuck’s attempt to fill the scone-shaped gap with a pumpkin cream cheese muffin (what) or their baked apple croissant (excuse me) along with the PLETHORA of a Starbucks copcyat pumpkin scone recipes available on the internet, it seemed like an opportune time to test some recipes in search of the best copycat recipe.

I’m back in D.C. and I couldn’t be happier about it, despite the ridiculously dreary days and dark nights. I just love my own kitchen, I love D.C. restaurants, and I love my friends who will cook for me. (Cook for your friends!) Today’s newsletter is really just a pancake recipe (if that’s what you’re here for, scroll down). I’ve gotten requests for this recipe too many times to count. Having just made them this morning and once more promised to share — everyone thank friend of the newsletter Maya — here we are.

Hello it’s me Dan Ozzi and welcome to my weekly book column. Usually I cover books about rock but I thought today I’d cover a book about the actor from The Rock. (Don’t worry, there are plenty more groan-worthy Nicolas Cage movie references below.) I’m also giving away signed copies of today’s book to two of my paid subscribers after the interview. It’s amazing how many awful conversations Nicolas Cage has gotten me out of.