Alissa Wilkinson
@alissawilkinson.bsky.social
Critic @nytimes.com. Author AFTERGLOW (forthcoming), WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES (Liveright) and SALTY (Broadleaf). Teaching writing and criticism (Whitworth MFA, NYU XE).
My entire turkey cooks in under 75 minutes and everyone goes nuts for it. I don’t care what it looks like
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
My entire turkey cooks in under 75 minutes and everyone goes nuts for it. I don’t care what it looks like
It was so good
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
It was so good
Aha interesting! I should try making it some time
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Aha interesting! I should try making it some time
I’ve just realized the answer is us. We are the muppets
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I’ve just realized the answer is us. We are the muppets
Ok, but who is the muppet
November 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Ok, but who is the muppet
I think less precursor more cousin?
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I think less precursor more cousin?
My impression has always been that watermelon rind pickle is very solidly a Southern thing, but I could be completely wrong — I’ve just only run across it in Southern cookbooks
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
My impression has always been that watermelon rind pickle is very solidly a Southern thing, but I could be completely wrong — I’ve just only run across it in Southern cookbooks
No, I would imagine not (unless you were French)
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
No, I would imagine not (unless you were French)
It definitely scans as midwestern but I’m getting replies from all over. This is so interesting!!
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 AM
It definitely scans as midwestern but I’m getting replies from all over. This is so interesting!!
I was born in 1983, but my grandparents were born in 1934. All of us grew up in Albany, NY (on my mom’s side, which is who I mostly grew up with). Either my great or great-great-grandparents are all immigrants from Germany. We had a lot of those elements (not the dish)?but never called it that
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I was born in 1983, but my grandparents were born in 1934. All of us grew up in Albany, NY (on my mom’s side, which is who I mostly grew up with). Either my great or great-great-grandparents are all immigrants from Germany. We had a lot of those elements (not the dish)?but never called it that
So far I have parts of Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and nowhere else, which is leading me to believe it is actually tied to some ethnic group
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
So far I have parts of Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and nowhere else, which is leading me to believe it is actually tied to some ethnic group
Looks delicious!
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Looks delicious!
The veggie tray thing was always around, but the pickled thing not so much. Sometimes giardiniera, though I don’t have an Italian bone in my body
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The veggie tray thing was always around, but the pickled thing not so much. Sometimes giardiniera, though I don’t have an Italian bone in my body
(And totally foreign)
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
(And totally foreign)
Hmmmmm okay, this is interesting
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Hmmmmm okay, this is interesting
And you’re a midwesterner!
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
And you’re a midwesterner!
Me too, now!!
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Me too, now!!
Apparently not!
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Apparently not!
*early* August
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
*early* August
They bought it in August
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
They bought it in August
Huhhhhhh interesting. I LOVE this stuff
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Huhhhhhh interesting. I LOVE this stuff