Three Things

Warm soups for chilly nights, a legendary kale salad, a new novel from George Saunders

Greetings everyone! Hope you’re all staying warm — it snowed over the weekend here in New York, which thrilled me if for no other reason than it makes my brisk morning coffee walk along Central Park feel winter-wonderland-y, as opposed to just freaking frigid. Meanwhile, all month I’ve been trying to think of ways to celebrate a kinda big Dinner: Love Story milestone: It was five years ago this week — nine months into the pandemic — when I pressed “send” on my first newsletter. You’d think the girl who wrote How to Celebrate Everything would be able to come up with some creative way to mark the occasion, but all I can think to do is, once again, say thank you everyone for being here (THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE!) and maybe flip the script a bit to ask: How should I celebrate? What should I cook this week that feels celebratory and, dare I say it, meaningful?

In other news, fellow Connections fanatics: Did you know that there is an actual website where you can customize Connections puzzles…