Issue #33: The Mixed Joy of Off-Season Travel

My trip to Athens and Santorini.

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🥦 Herby White Bean Soup: When Jonah and I woke up to a winter wonderland yesterday morning (after a string of days so sunny, I went paddle boarding in a tank top), I had to reevaluate my culinary plans that revolved entirely around short-season greens. But I wasn’t willing to completely abandon fresh spring flavors. Enter the herby soup. On Monday, I made this white bean soup with garlicky gremolata, and served it alongside a fresh loaf of Dos Hermanos rosemary bread, good butter, and anchovies, which made me feel like my most recent favorite Instagram follow, Rebekah Peppler.

🎧 “Sounds Like a Cult” Podcast: A podcast about the “modern day cults we all follow,” hosts Isa Medina and Amanda Montell dive headfirst into culty Zeitgeist moments like SoulCycle, Trader Joe’s, the royal family, Disney adults, and skincare. It’s the perfect commute or walk companion, that recently went weekly so you can look forward to new episodes every Friday! They even have an episode that dissects whether Elizabeth Holmes is more cult-leader than CEO, which of course, I listened to, given my next rec… (H/T to my friend Monica for bringing this podcast to my attention!)