Fuzzy and good looking!
It's a lockdown special! Are we over it? Yes! But do we still have fun and delicious things to share? Always! From a burnished cheesecake to a fuzzy, cozy throw rug, cold noodles and a cute little snack of a book, we have it all, folks.
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Basque Cheesecake, Mat Lindsay (Ester) in July Issue of Gourmet Traveller (out now!) or you can find a similar recipe here at Bon Appetit. It’s wobbly, it’s creamy, it’s almost-burnt-but-not. It’ll have people in your instagram DMs asking “what IS that?!”, and it’s not that hard to make!
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Soy marinated Sardine rice bowl, inspired by this NYTimes article. Put a pot of rice on the stove, whip up a quick marinade of soy, grated garlic & ginger and a sprinkle of chilli flakes and put the sardine fillets in there to soak it up while you prep everything else. Shred some cabbage and dress with salt and fancy vinegar, thinly slice some cucumber/carrots and make a quick pickle, thinly slice some green onions and toast some sesame seeds if you’re feeling fancy. Once the rice is done plate up with a big heaped spoonful, a mound of the softly wilted cabbage, a generous squiggle of kewpie sesame dressing, drape the sardines over the rice (half a can per person) top with the pickled veggies, green onions, toasted sesame seeds, coriander if you want it and then dive in.
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70 Over 70 Podcast by Pineapple Street Studios, is a gorgeous series of interviews with interesting people over the age of 70 about their lives - their pasts but also their present. What have they learned? What do they regret? Start with the episode with SoMo’s favourite Alice Waters.
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Children of Men on Stan is a prescient, terrifying, beautiful dystopian movie that stars our fave rumpled middle aged actor (Clive Owen) and seems surprisingly relevant for something made in 2006.
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Making friends with your neighbours. It’s lockdown, everyone’s at home, there’s a bunch of new people in the building and SoMo just wants to live the dream of knowing everyone, living in harmony, drinks in the backyard - all of it!The key is lots and lots of unstructured time to just ~hang~ and what is this lockdown if not lots and lots of unstructured time? Take a drink out to your common area and see what happens.
BUY
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In Bed store Alpaca Throw is at the intersection of cozy and chic. So warm, so fuzzy, so soft. SoRo has it in a burnt orange but has been eyeing off the light blue and cream stripe too.
The Fast Five!
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Chappy’s Chips are kettle chips made in Melbourne. They’ve got that crisp kettle cooked texture we love, and come in wild flavours like Mango Habanero, Smoked Tomato and Honey Dijon.
The most dangerous writing app deletes all your progress if you stop typing for five seconds. Hellish! Clever? Give it a whirl if your writers block is getting the better of you.
No Appetite Kimchi Noodles from Moon Mart the perfect noodles for when you’ve done the two hour bath-bed-baby routine and also need to feed yourself.
RANDOM EXPENSIVE YET CONVENIENT TECH HACK. If you need to leave your laptop with apple to get repaired, which at the moment takes around 10 days, there’s this loophole that you can buy a new laptop, just the cheapest, smallest Macbook Air, use it for the 10 days, and then you can return it after using it like your normal computer for a full refund (within 14 days).
Damp Wine Website and Newsletter a cool new website and newsletter out of the New York for fans of natural vino.
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Happy all the Time - Laurie Colwin, this is just a charming little snack of a novel. The plot isn’t really the point - not a whole lot happens - but the writing is light, and lovely and the observations are wry. It’s a romantic comedy in book form.
Baggu Laptop Sleeve These are fantastic, puffy laptop sleeves that are great for when you’re schlepping your laptop to and from the office. The fun prints are second to none.
Danica Stamenic is a vintage jewellery seller from California. Think mid century sterling silver, perfect chunky gold hoops, amazing chains. Her instagram sales are where she sells a lot of her best stuff, but her website has good pieces too.
Reidel Nick & Nora Mixology glassware set is a great set for upgrading your at home, lockdown cocktail game.
Ted Lasso on Apple TV “Jason Sudeikis is as an american football coach who gets hired to coach an English Premier League soccer team.” Nothing in this description appealed, but turns out this show is a balm to the soul in these trying times. Season 2 launches 23 July.
That’s all for this week pals!
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