It’s pre-fall and I’m back into books! I’ve come out of my reading rut and am absolutely moving through fiction. Feels good!
Like any good bookworm millennial, I’d been looking forward to Sally Rooney’s latest (Beautiful World, Where Are You) for some time, and devoured it in a couple of nights.
I love any body of work that seems made more for the fans than the general public, and this particular Sally Rooney book is no exception. Sally Rooney fans will love this book; people who have only watched the Normal People adaptation on Hulu probably won’t. Is that snobby to say? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
“This is prose you either get or don’t get; for some it is incisive, for others banal,” says The Guardian, in one of the only takes worth reading on the success of Sally Rooney and her new book. The other is this musing on Ireland and Irishness, and I’m sorry it’s on New Gawker but I think it’s worth reading.
OTHER THINGS I’VE READ LATELY
“Remote work shows us how dependent we’ve become on offices to live our lives” … oof
Dreamy interiors time! This decorating style is not me at all -- respectfully, my approach would be jewel-toned maximalism instead of a more Japandi approach -- but it’s still gorgeous
The difference between clams, mussels, oysters, and scallops
A beautiful and fascinating dive into the taste(s) of “floral”
A CREAMY TAHINI (CREAMINI?) DRESSING FOR ROASTED VEGETABLES OR JUST TO GUZZLE
¼ cup of tahini
juice from one lemon
2 cloves of garlic, minced
¼ cup of olive oil
1 cup of regular yogurt (full fat, if you can get it; not Greek)
salt & pepper
INGREDIENTS
¼ cup of tahini
juice from one lemon
2 cloves of garlic, minced
¼ cup of olive oil
1 cup of regular yogurt (full fat, if you can get it; not Greek)
salt & pepper
WHAT TO DO
Add the lemon juice and garlic to a bowl and let it sit for a few minutes. Add tahini, yogurt, and salt & pepper and combine them with a whisk. Slowly drizzle olive oil in, while whisking continuously and deliberately. Serve over roasted vegetables, baked salmon, or something grilled.