Three Things

Snow-day dinner soups, a Trader Joe's flower hack, a pitch-perfect definition of love

Greetings readers and eaters! I’ve just returned from a long weekend in England — visiting our daughter who is studying abroad this semester — and I can say with confidence that in a few short days, we absolutely left it all on the field. As usual, I’ll be sharing the Vacation Highlight Reel* later in the week, but for now, excuse me while I google “authentic pub chicken and leek pie recipe” and “gothic fan vaults” and “home swap new york london.” There was not a lot of lounging around, but I did manage to get lost in Patrick Radden Keefe’s “The Oligarch’s Son” in The New Yorker which reads like a thriller. That is your long read (or listen) of the week, and here are Three Things I’m excited about on this snowy day before Valentine’s Day.