Writers Who Cook: Ooey Gooey Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Alex Espinoza
“I was a chip champion. Until this recipe. Chunks are WAY better.” More
Writers in Residence: Basically Delicious with Jennifer Egan
PEN America President and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan shares her crowd-pleasing salad dressing recipe for this holiday weekend. More
Writers Who Cook: Stone Soup with James Sie
“I call it stone soup, only in this case, the stone is replaced by coconut milk.” More
Writers Who Cook: Nani’s Mango Murbo with Pooja Makhijani
“I turned to cooking, as many have, first to stockpile, then as distraction, then as comfort—which brought me back to Nani’s murbo recipe.” More
Writers Who Cook: Bake Me Away with Janelle Brown
“Bread dough is a strange beast; at once sturdy and mercurial, delicate and robust, sticky and silky.” More
Writers Who Cook: Maryann’s Meatballs with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
“I make the meatballs these days, think of them, and try to be patient—waiting for the day we can all open our doors again.” More
Writers in Residence: Cooking Gumbo Z’herbes with Fatima Shaik
Fatima Shaik teaches us how to cook delicious gumbo z’herbes. More
Writers Who Cook: Alexandra’s Mother’s Peasant Bread with Celeste Ng
Bread as comfort amid a pandemic. More
Writers Who Cook: Power Cookies with KK Wootton
When you need a little power. More
Writers Who Cook: Self-Isolation Risotto with Maile Meloy
“My boss at my first real job taught me how to make risotto. She said it was easy and forgiving; it’s all about stirring.” More
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British university staff oppose efforts to sack colleagues who produce controversial research, according to a report on political diversity in higher education that claims to reveal “an important reservoir of support for academic freedom”. https://bit.ly/2PtORb4
The BBC reports on a video and text messages providing chilling and rare first-hand accounts of China’s highly secure and secretive detention system—sent directly from the inside. https://bbc.in/3fywaNT
Malaysian police have raided Al Jazeera's Kuala Lumpur office and seized two computers, the news network said, condemning the incident as a "troubling escalation" in the government's crackdown on press freedoms. https://bit.ly/3fupFvt