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What to do this weekend

Nov 9, 2024

What to do this weekend

Eat a delicious Cambodian meal. Today is Cambodian Independence Day, celebrating the nation's overturning of French rule in 1953. This means it’s a perfect time to delve into Cambodian cuisine with these 20 recipes, including fish amok and fried banana nuggets. 

Read The Absinthe Forger by Evan Rail. Part history, part detective story, this rollicking new book chronicles the story of absinthe — the notorious green liquor that once faced widespread bans — and the shadowy con man selling fraudulent bottles to the world’s elite.

Watch Blitz, now in theatres. The newest film from acclaimed director Steve McQueen, best known for the Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave, is a super-sized WWII-era drama about a mother’s search for her young son who is lost in London as Germans bomb the city.

Listen to The Art of Deciding. Do you struggle with indecision? Then this new pod is for you. Business speaker Bruce Whitfield sits down with interesting figures from an array of industries to ask them about their life-changing choices, and how they made them.—QH

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