Eat a plate of sizzling spaghetti. Internet foodies have a new favourite way of preparing the archetypal Italian pasta dish. Sizzling spaghetti — a take on the traditional spaghetti aglio e olio — trades the classic red sauce for ripping hot olive oil. Here’s the recipe.
Read Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane. The acclaimed writer and naturalist's new book ponders its titular question and concludes ‘yes.’ Even if you don’t agree, Macfarlane’s argument for why rivers should be legally recognized as living beings is an eye-opening one.
Watch Dept. Q on Netflix. The new series from Scott Frank, writer and director of The Queen’s Gambit, is a gritty, darkly comic police thriller about a troubled, acerbic detective tasked with a difficult cold case. The U.K. accents are thick, so you might want subtitles.
Listen to Words Unravelled. One of our go-to comfort podcasts, YouTuber RobWords and writer Jess Zafarris take a lighthearted look at wild word origins. There’s over a year’s worth of episodes to explore. Some of our fave topics include foods, idioms, and swears.—QH