Three Things

My complete Super Bowl menu, a so-good, so-easy dinner, and great books doing great things

Greetings eaters and readers! A little feel-good news for you right at the top: Did you see that Barbara Kingsolver, author the novel I’ve maybe mentioned more than any other in this space, has used proceeds from Demon Copperhead to open a recovery house in her community for women struggling with addiction? “If you bought and read Demon,” she wrote, “you’ve already contributed to our project. And you understand that for all the real kids like Demon, a little support can make the difference between salvation or being orphaned.” Not that we all needed another reason to love her but omg, there you go. In other news, I joined Molly Stevens and Kristin Donnelley on the wonderful Everything Cookbooks podcast for a seriously nerdy deep dive into cookbook writing. I talked about my own non-process process, my Dinner Diary turning 27* (!) this month, and of course the origin story of The Weekday Vegetarians. I really loved talking to them — Kristin and Molly are such pros, and amazingly, I don…