Just a quick morning conversation with Rick at the lakehouse:
Nance: (reading the newspapers online) Rick! The New York Times says it's time to upgrade our cabinet pulls.
Rick: (lying on the couch, watching the news) Who cares what they say? They also want you to eat salmon all the time.*
Nance: You're absolutely right. I'm not listening to a single thing they say!
Rick: Don't let them run your life!
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*I get the NYT Cooking newsletter every single day, and it never fails to irritate me. The people there are constantly shoving recipes for salmon at me. I hate salmon. They also include gochujang or miso or matcha or mochi in almost every recipe, and I don't have those or have any desire to seek them out. Actually, I've never even seen those things at my grocery stores. I also do not like to be Bossed Around by anyone, let alone print journalism. Screw the NYT; I do what I want, damn it.
I am a NYT subscriber, too, but I do not look at the cooking section because it is not written for a busy working mom, at least not from the recipes that I tend to see. I will see something that looks great, click on the link, and then be scared away by the ingredient list (either the oddness/specificity of the ingredients or the length of the ingredients). And then I shrug my shoulders and consult the list of like 9 dishes I make over and over and over again. Surely someone will see this comment and say their recipes are pedestrian and approachable but I just can't be bothered to try something new these days.
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