Eat a tamago sando, also known as a Japanese egg sandwich. There’s a chance that a restaurant serving these sandwiches made with milk bread, Kewpie mayo, and perfectly jammy eggs has popped up in your area. But they’re also very fun to make at home, too.
Read The Thinking Machine by Stephen Witt. This new book is part biography of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and part history of how his company grew from a humble video game equipment-maker into one of the world’s most valuable companies. It’s an unexpected ride.
Watch Drop, now in theatres. Oh, how we love a trashy, high-concept thriller. The plot for this one: a widow goes on her first date in forever, only for an unknown assailant to threaten to kill her son if she doesn’t poison her date. And also it takes place in a skyscraper. Fun!
Listen to SABLE, fABLE by Bon Iver. News flash: the hippest band of 2011 is still very good. With its first album in six years, Justin Vernon’s project continues to find new depths and produce riveting, pensive folk-rock that can only be described as “Bon Iver-like.”—QH