Eat guacamole with a secret ingredient. Just in time for Super Bowl Sunday, there’s a new hack going viral to supercharge everybody’s favourite avocado-based dip. According to chef Kim Gamez, the key to keeping your guac fresher and fuller is to add some chopped lettuce.
Read Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything by Colette Shade. Covering everything from Smash Mouth to McMansions, this collection of essays blends personal experience with pop academics to show how the developments of the 2000s still impact the world today.
Watch anything but the Super Bowl. There are plenty of options outside of football. Head to the theatres to watch the action romcom Love Hurts. See some cute dogs in the Puppy Bowl or the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. You can also just watch the halftime show.
Listen to Cowards by Squid. The third studio album from the adventurous English post-punk band is a total trip. Hazy prog rock influences, jazzy inflections, and a flamboyant streak run throughout this collection of songs about sordid figures doing sordid things.—QH