Sunday funday

Other things from this week... 2.28.14

I'll have one cabin, please.

Music Video of the Week:



Articles we loved:
Dance Marathon | This Recording I've Discovered the Internet's Most Internet Sentence, and Your an Idiot if You Disagree | New Republic How much my novel cost me | Medium Fifty Shades of Late Capitalism | The Baffler Life In Pictures: St. Vincent | Vulture Pre-Racial: Justice Clarence Thomas says blacks didn’t think about race in the 1950s South | Slate Chronicles of the Veil by Laila Lalami | Los Angeles Review of Books Spike Lee on gentrification | NYMag
Have a great weekend!!

WCW: Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler is one of those amazing people who gets more beautiful the more you listen to her. Parks and Recreation has become one of my favorite shows of all time! Check out her awesome website, Smart Girls at the Party, dedicated to life tips for young ladies. Even though it's meant for tweens and teens, I may or may not peruse the articles and learn new things.

MM: Sweet Potato, Chickpea, Spinach Curry

Today I have decided the best way through a pescatarian Lent will require a ton of spices. For real, I need to stock up and replace meat flavors with ~world spices~. Plenty of indian, ethiopian, and thai food coming up for me.

This dish was a perfect, slightly intermediate and nearly vegan pantry meal. Normally my pantry is ready to make some kind of simple weekday meal, but this time my resources are unusually abundant. I got my green grocer box (Note: if you're in the DMV, check it out-- it's so worth it!) for the first time this new year; and my $24 Trader Joe's haul supplied me with a ton of dried and canned goods. I wanted to get creative! That said, I still had to make a lot of substitutions and omissions. 

I didn't have harissa, or cardamom, or green chiles. Ground spices replaced some of their whole versions. Oh, and I also didn't have coconut milk. But this was my proudest moment! So I had a big carton of heavy cream, so I used that. BUT THEN I saw that you could add almond butter, and I had that! It was the perfect substitute-- it tastes different than coconut milk, but tasted delicious in it's own way. Coming in second place for best substitution is the Huy Fong Foods Chili Garlic Sauce for the harissa. My curry was super spicy and delicious! I was so proud I couldn't believe it, you guys. One day soon I will make another curry and hopefully I'll have all of the ingredients on hand. I will definitely attempt this recipe again! Try it here.

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Other things from this week... 2.21.2014

Song of the week:



I am in love with this song by Black City Lights. If you like it, check out the rest of their album on Bandcamp.

Articles we loved:

A letter from one dad to Michael Sam's dad: Learn to accept your gay son like I did | Outsports
Apocalypse, New Jersey: A Dispatch From America's Most Desperate Town | Rolling Stone
T-Pain Slams Homophobia in Hip-Hop and R&B for Six Straight Minutes | Gawker
Black Larry King (Isn't Any Of Those Things) | The Awl
Frank Gehry Is Still the World's Worst Living Architect | Gizmodo
Jasper Johns: ‘Regrets belong to everybody, don’t they?’ | FT Magazine

Note:

Since the Corcoran Gallery and College of Art is close to both Layla's and my hearts, I am sad to see it go. It has been in my life since high school, when I used to both browse the museum and attend portfolio days with my photos. However, I am excited about the free admission! Go forth and prosper in this new chapter, Corcoran. You can read about it here.

Woman Crush Wednesday: Lupita Nyong'o

“Step by Step, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper, Full House—I watched a lot of sitcoms, as you can tell.”

Read her interview in NYMag.