Favorites May 23 2021
Maps and cooking technique discussion if you stay to the end!
It's constantly surprising to me how effective deplatforming is.


This is pretty bad, there were US citizens aboard, so now the US State Department is involved. There's an obvious escalation this could lead to. Also, Ryanair's statement is something else.
An interesting trend, although I still expect traffic levels to continue to trend closer to pre-pandemic levels.


That NY Magazine article is looking pretty smart now.


If you were trying to make a joke about NIMBYs, you probably couldn't come up with something funnier than this reality.



In retrospect it's obvious that all states have to get taxes somewhere, but the extent of the difference in these maps is really something.
We got some fancy marshmallows last month, toasting them on a stick would have felt like a waste, so I used a crème brûlée blowtorch. The results tasted as great as they look.
I used Nutella because a big chocolate bar just ruins the texture. Let me know if you’ve got ideas for a soft chocolate that can be used here without lending so much hazelnut flavor to the dish.