I have so many! Mostly food, some others though.

Carla Lalli Music is an entertaining chef and recipe developer who shares recipes from her books. She takes inspiration from all sorts of cuisines and blends them into delicious, adaptable recipes. Crispy gingery ground beef like lime and herbs earned an instant spot in my regular meal rotation.

Claire Saffitz and her team bring mostly baking videos with occasion forays into cocktails, dinners, and lifestyle. Expect lots of cat cameos and fun editing easter eggs.

NYT Cooking has Sohla and Ham El-Waylly, a wildly creative culinary power couple who can make a multi course tasting menu out of anything. Sohla has other solo stuff scattered around, she opts to do work with other channels rather than host her own though.

Minutefood is food science, and even if you think your food science knowledge is good, you’ll still probably learn something from Kate.

Simone Giertz and Laura Kampf are both makers (who are friends and often collaborate).

One line that stuck out to me regarding the outcomes of the fecal transplants was ‘improved gastrointestinal symptoms’. If people with ASD have higher rates of GI-related issues, then the findings of this paper could be really helpful in understanding and improving treatments for GI problems in patients with ASD. Of course I understand the skepticism that this work could be used to try and cure something that doesn’t need to be cured, but my hope is that the more likely outcome is a more holistic understanding of ASD that leads to better medical care across all areas of health.

Oh I’m not hosting, I don’t have room to. Just being a generous contributor to the pot luck. Unfortunately the chores of daily life don’t take holiday weekends, lol

First barbecue of the summer! First barbecue with friends as an independent adult too, really. I love to cook for people and have two perfect summer recipes picked out to make this weekend- arugula salad with steak and parm, and a spicy cucumber-watermelon salad. And then Sunday will be full of chores :(

Sure thing! Also I forgot something very important: beans take FOREVER to soften in acidic conditions. My biggest bean fails have been attempting dried beans (even pre-soaked ones) in tomato based sauces from the start. They just never fully soften. Instead, save tomatoes and vinegar for the end. If you’re doing something like chili, I’d recommend cooking the beans in a separate broth. Keep it simple but well seasoned, cook until tender or just shy of tender, and then add to the chili to finish cooking them in the sauce.

My suggestions would be to learn how to cook a perfect pot of beans on their own. Beans are wonderful and can be the star of their own solo show, complimented by salt, fat, and some humble aromatics. Carla Lalli Music is a bean queen and following her bean philosophy has given me the best pots of beans. This is a good starter recipe for brothy basil beans and this is more of a ‘beans and other things’ kind of recipe. Carla talks a lot about using fat liberally and as far as beans go, I have yet to overdo it. Don’t be afraid to really let that bottle of olive oil glug glug glug away.

If you’re going for canned bean ideas, I like doing crispy roast chickpeas or a simple chana masala. I find other canned bean applications are fairly lackluster compared to the flavor and texture payoff you can get from cooking from dried. That said, canned beans are great in a pinch and I always have a few kinds in my pantry.

This is a great idea! One of the online communities I’m in does an annual census and having data to analyze community change over time has been really valuable and interesting.

I do have a question/suggestion though: if the camping/hiking community is established, could it be encompassing of outdoor recreation in general? I ski in the winter and hike/camp in the summer and find generally that people who do one often do other outdoor activities (snowshoeing, biking, kayaking, etc) throughout the seasons. Including winter-based outdoor activities will also help keep engagement up throughout the year.

I’m a big fan of 1925 Serum Run to Nome and The Tempest Prognosticator.