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Party in the USA: The Cookbook

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 7d

I'm back writing! Here's me at TASTE writing about all the "party" cookbooks coming out this season, and why we apparently need to be reminded how to host tastecooking.com/party-in-the...

A new wave of cookbooks—plus an iconic Martha reissue—are showing how to cook and host a crowd.

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ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · 7d

I wrote about how so many people seem to have steak on their mind right now — including fellow food writers, chain restaurants, a certain politician, and me! www.thelotimes.com/p/la-tete-d-...

Boulud's Fancy Steak Lunch, Reviewed!

Reviews of La Tete d'Or's tableside roasts and Penny's seared mackerel. Plus: Txula Steak's menu, revealed, and more thoughts on eating red meat

The Era of $60 Lobster Rolls Is Here!

ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · 15d

i wrote about all the critical disagreement over the lobster roll at smithereens and how it serves as a reminder of the subjectivity of taste!!! www.thelotimes.com/p/best-lobst...

Plus: Reviews of Estela's new shrimp sandwich, and the lobster rolls at Smithereens and Golden HOF. Also: The Lobster Roll Price Index, updated!

Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie

ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · 20d

You should all read this in full it's v good!

Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 20d

Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...

How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.

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ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · 22d

i wrote about this A5 wagyu burger, but i also wrote about a "big deal" list that declared it to be north america’s best within, like, a month of its debut. and so this is also about the critical nuances we lose as the listicle-industrial complex strengthens! www.thelotimes.com/p/sip-and-gu...

You Will Love (or Hate) This $35 Burger

Everything you need to order (or avoid) at Sip & Guzzle in the West Village. Plus: Notes on the NYT reviews of Alinea and Atelier Crenn

ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · 25d

lol omg yes this x1000

Meghan McCarron @meghanmccarron.bsky.social · 25d

People think food writing means always eating well but I have a weird affection for the awful dinners I've had with fellow food writers. Like seeing a bad weird movie with someone who understands

Why Tech Is Bending the Knee

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 26d

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 26d

Here is the Brendan Carr profile my show did in January. slate.com/podcasts/wha...

One reason Zuckerberg and his fellow billionaires are racing to pre-comply: the looming FCC under Brenden Carr.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 26d

I’m old enough to remember when Bob Iger, whose company recently paid $16 million to settle a meritless Trump lawsuit, and who just indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel under pressure from the Trump administration, was a chair for the **Committee to Protect Journalists** dinner.

New York, November 22, 2006-The Committee to Protect Journalists marked its 25th anniversary
by honoring four journalists with its 2006 International Press Freedom Awards in a
ceremony Tuesday night which highlighted record-setting attacks on the press in Iraq.
More than 850 people attended the benefit dinner which raised $1.3 million. It was co-chaired by Robert A. Iger, president and chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company, and John S.
Carroll, the Knight Visiting Lecturer at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University. Christiane Amanpour, CNN's Chief International Correspondent and CPJ board member, hosted the dinner.

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 29d

"...weakening public discourse at a moment when open debate is urgently needed. Journalists should not have to fear losing their jobs simply for offering analysis or asking tough questions on matters of public concern." pen.org/press-releas...

Warning of a Chilling Effect on the Free Press After Journalists Fired or Suspended in Wake of Charlie Kirk Shooting

PEN America: “The firing and suspension of multiple journalists after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk should alarm anyone who cares about free speech and a free press. Taken together, these measure...

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ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · 29d

i wrote about three thai spots offering tasting menus, shellfish platters, formal caviar service, and steakhouse fare!!! the boom in modern southeast asian restaurants continues! www.thelotimes.com/p/best-cavia...

New York's Best Caviar, Right Now

Plus: How I ate $100 worth of uni, bluefin, and foie in 10 min at Bangkok Supper. Also: Why Thai Diner's shellfish platter is so great. And the case for Pearl Street caviar

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ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · Sep 11

thought i was going to sleep in but somehow that alarm in my head goes off whether i like it or not on this clear day, so many years later

Comadre Panadería’s Riding the Wave of Popularity, One Concha at a Time

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José R. Ralat 🌶️ @tacotrail.bsky.social · Sep 10

Felicidades to New Tejano baker Mariela Camacho, owner of Comadre Panaderia, in Austin, for being named @foodandwine.com Best New Chef 2025. While I've quoted her for several stories over the hears, I finally wrote a profile last year. She is awesome! www.texasmonthly.com/food/comadre...

Mariela Camacho’s experimental Mexican pastries—like her candy corn conchas—inspire long lines, but keeping up with the ebb and flow of demand is a constant learning experience.

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ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · Sep 10

they're pretty good with walk-ins!!! i swung by for a quick drink while waiting for a walk-in table at alma proper. semi-related their new spot alteño in cherry creek is pretty good (even though it's a very hotel-y resto)

ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · Sep 10

lol now i'm wishing i saw "sunset blvd" so i could have a stronger opinion on the stripped down-ness

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ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Power Lunch Price Index is here!!!! Will try to keep this updated once a year or so. www.thelotimes.com/p/best-prix-...

ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · Sep 9

what i want from apple products:

1) don't break
2) battery
3) no more screenshots when i check the time
4) no lockouts ffs
5) destroy siri with powerful weapon then bury at sea
6) good cables like just give me a bunch of wires in a plastic bag with some ramen from my bodega
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387) telephoto lens

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ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · Sep 7

whatever non-alc wines i had at BOM last year (this is the oiji mi menu) were absolutely bomb www.oijimi.com/menu

Menu — Oiji MI

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ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · Sep 7

this alcaraz-sinner rivalry almost seems too polite lol

Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk “Highest 2 Lowest” | Features | Roger Ebert

ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · Sep 7

"...the more interesting choice would’ve been having a different kind of hip-hop artist in King’s living room, allowing Spike to make a more nuanced approach to the genre." www.rogerebert.com/features/rob...

Two critics discuss the latest from Spike Lee, now on Apple TV+.

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Listen Im politician. Which Means I am a cheat and liarer

ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · Sep 7

i liked the new spike lee joint, even if certain slices of the movie had the soapiness of a tyler perry drama? (not a bad thing, just a little jolting in form, esp the gorgeous closing ballad). appreciate how spike wrestles with paternalism and privilege...more so than his thoughts on hip hop

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ryan sutton @ryansutton.bsky.social · Sep 5

"snake and a liar" is a fun quote but real ones know that this "cheat and a liar" bit from "hunt for red october" is the real king www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvDc...

YouTube video by GWHH19

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