"13 of Our Favorite Lucky Peach stories" from Eater. Following the news that quarterly food journal Lucky Peach will fold in May, Eater explores the off-beat, in-depth stories that characterized the magazine's 22 issue run.
"Donald Trump is a Gift, and a Quandry for Late-Night Hosts" from New York. Cultural commentators have noted that Trump seems impervious to satire, but that hasn't prevented late-night shows such as SNL and Full-Frontal with Samantha Bee from lambasting the new-President in ways that, somehow, manage to make us laugh.
Hanna Stefansson's blog. After New York got pummeled with another round of snow, I'm dreaming of sandals, shorts and dresses. In the meantime, I'm dressing vicariously through Hanna Stefansson's spot-on style blog—and pretending that scrolling through will help me learn Swedish!
"Russia’s RT Network: Is It More BBC or K.G.B.?" from The New York Times. Russia's state-run news service might resemble the BBC, but the organization's wide reaching influence and approach reveals it doesn't adopt the same non-partisan perspective.
"The Cloistered Books of Peru" from The American Scholar. While ebooks make reading on the go easier than ever, centuries ago transporting books was a struggle and reserved for sacred tomes.
"The Dramatic Process of Writing Headlines at Man Repeller" from Man Repeller. Anyone who works in digital media knows that writing headlines is ridiculous and Man Repeller's tongue-in-cheek rendition of the process is more true to life than you might expect.
Mumblr Kit Kat Tumblr. Japan has over 300 flavors of Kit Kat. From Champagne to baked potato, this Australian is trying them all.
Enthrophia. in Italian I recently discovered Italian fashion blogger Nunzia Cillo on Instagram and immediately loved her poetic, uplifting posts. Discussing topics ranging from foodwaste and travel to art and the nature of love, this is definitely not your average fashion blog.
"Mermaid Spa" from The New Yorker. How do you describe the food at a Ukrainian-Russian spa in Brooklyn? "Many tables stick with giant bottles of water and platters of fresh fruit. But you came for the food, so go for it."
"Trump and the 'Society of the Spectacle'" from The New York Times. This article offers a cultural studies approach to the question we're all asking: how did an ex-reality TV star who starred in Pizza Hut's original ad for stuffed crust pizza become president of the United States?
"New Brand Identity for Helvetimart by Anagram" from BP&O. Helvetimart is a gourmet food market from Switzerland that recently adopted a novel and refreshingly un-food focused approach to their branding.
"Macanese Minchi" from The Foodie Baker. I'd never thought much about Macau—until I made this minchi, the country's answer to poutine.
"12 Contemporary Writers on How They Revise" from Lit Hub. I live by the adage writing is rewriting—even more so after hearing how authors such as Joan Didion and Neil Gaimon approach this sometimes daunting task.
