I really like this song. I heard it several times in Bali in November, so at first I was listening to it because it reminded me of that part of my trip. Lately, however, it has become a sad song, because it has been swirling around my head during all this bad news, the background music to my dawning realization that my dream is over.
Blueberry scones
My mom’s English scone recipe: flaky, crumbly, buttery, and bursting with berries.
(By the way, it’s pronounced “scon”—rhymes with on, not cone.)
Homemade lasagna
Chocolate crazy cake (vegan and no weird ingredients!)
This cake is delicious (not just “good for a vegan cake”), super easy to make, uses ingredients you probably already have, and is suitable for all your vegan and milk/egg/butter-allergic friends.
Lightened-up chicken chili
Carrot & ginger soup
Viennese square
7 ways to be insufferable as a man
1. Loudly state “$PLACE has so many beautiful women” or “$ETHNIC_GROUP women are so hot.”
The best carrot cake
I wasn’t inspired to write a blog post recently because I have nothing new to say about the coronavirus, and the scale of the crisis makes everything else feel trivial.
So I thought: Why not embrace the trivial? I’m at home with nothing else to do anyway. In that spirit, here’s my mom’s recipe for the best carrot cake ever.
Karen’s take on the road trip
Karen wrote some hilarious update emails to her family during our trip. I wanted to gather them all in one place for future reference, so here they are for your enjoyment.