The cover alone lets you know that this cookbook is about celebration: its vibrant hues and punny title portend the vivacious dishes outlined within, the recipes from a small but mighty restaurant in Hudson, NY called Lil’ Deb’s Oasis. (The restaurant has - sadly - closed, but thank your lucky stars that the recipes are... Continue Reading →
While cooking can be about community and resistance, it can also be entirely personal. My wife Mallory and I love to cook, and she especially loves beans. I know that I can entice her to a recipe if it features beans, and Joe Yonan’s cookbook is the early-holiday gift I’m giving us this year. Yonan... Continue Reading →
A hallmark of the queer community is our ability to survive, even when society throws our identities, our bodies, and our right to exist into question, and Andrew Joseph White’s second novel, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, examines the struggle and triumph of that upheaval.
A must-read for fans of horror films. Full stop. It made me reflect about why I love (and hate) some slasher movies, and it ignited in me a desire to watch some films I’ve never seen (Dead Ringers, Eyes Without a Face, and The Wolfman).
Julia Armfield’s debut novel is a slow-burn psychological suspense that examines grief, the unknown, and what lies at the bottom of our deepest, darkest fears of self and our most closely-held relationships.
Being the fifth wheel in a group of couples is never easy. Ever. And it's certainly not easy for Margot. Her best friend is the mogul behind a Happily Ever After Dating app, and he wants nothing more than for Margot to find her soul mate. Only Margot isn't sure she believes in soul mates.... Continue Reading →
shelly. walston. writes. 