it's very authentic and I love the way she presents the recipes, with pictures at each step and suggestions for adjusting the recipe based on what's available.

right? I think the reason why I actually learned how to cook Indian food well was all the pictures, the pro tips, and careful explanations of every single step.

it's my go to meal whenever I come back from a long trip away from home. In fact, I'll be making it all over again this weekend when I return to DC, and I can't wait. I hope you try it too!

oh nooo I have totally done this and had to just chop off the section that got caught. Hopefully you were able to untangle it

well, if you come to Washington DC for a visit, hit me up! I will feed you all the Indian food!!!

dal makhani recipe - www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/dal-makhani-.... Swasthi is the *bomb* and like 95% of the recipes I've tried from her website have turned out so well! I credit her for teaching me how to cook Indian food (somehow, I never absorbed any of the lessons my parents tried to teach me)

Our family tradition is to always get together for Thanksgiving (it's the one holiday we haven't missed in over a decade), and that everyone has to contribute at least one dish. My contributions this year - cheddar biscuits, ginger molasses cookies, dal makhani

It reads like a cozy subsequent chapter that places you in the same mindset as reading the first book did. Quite nice.

Finished the sequel, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, just now and it's a good sequel that carries the good vibes, hopeful companionship, and solar punk community exploration of the first book.

Oh my God, I saw that article and was horrified at the whole concept

The concept of a god of small comforts (Allalae) is so affirming. What would the world of today be if we had valued something like this, enough to create and devote our lives to a god that embodied this virtue?

How we live, how we feel, how we rejuvenate ourselves, the communities we gather and invest in. Even when the world goes to shit, we can still choose how we adapt, and don't have to choose nihilism or despair.

Just finished A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. Honestly, it was heartwarming and the perfect read to restore faith in humanity, in that it depicted a future where humanity chose the right path (away from greed and selfishness). And a reminder that we do have control over small things.

Glad to hear there's some improvement in recent months, and so sorry to hear about the long covid in general (somehow I missed that news over on the other place)

Doing well! Got promoted at work, broke my ankle hallway through this year and am back to full functionality after a couple months of PT following the surgery, and otherwise the same as usual. You?

Hello hello! It's been ages, and honestly I stopped even engaging with Twitter when it started to go down the toilet with the Musk purchase.

yup, this was my successful strategy back in 2016 and I'm ready to deploy it actively for the next (hopefully only) four years

For sure. I also saw something about the next admin wanting to move EPA to another state. Basically what they did to certain parts of USDA (I think?). Another soft way to reduce the size of the agency. So many shitty things coming soon...

yayyyyyy what a positive development!