Sydney's Sunday Reads: #1

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Happy Sunday, friends! How are you wrapping up the weekend today? I plan on catching up on the 10,000+ shows piling up in my DVR and enjoying the inevitable nap that follows.

Sydney's Sunday Reads is a new weekly blog series that highlights some of my favorite stories, articles, and think-pieces from around the Internet. Settle in with your favorite morning beverage (I’m sticking with water this AM), and enjoy!

  • Aw (Tiger), Nuts! - For centuries Egyptologists and food historians have struggled to unlock the secrets to ancient Egyptian cuisine…until now. Recently-discovered hieroglyphics found on tomb walls depict at least one culinary staple: tiger nut cones!

  • Talk about being together forever. - A couple in Ecuador is celebrating 79 years of marriage this year, making them the oldest couple in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. But that’s not all, he’s 110 years old, and she’s 104, giving them a collective age of 214 years old!

  • #WakandaForever - Here’s a lovely tribute written by Richard Brody for The New Yorker on the late great actor, Chadwick Boseman.

  • Cocktails with the Childs - We’re all aware of Julia Child’s incredible culinary prowess, but did you know that Paul Child also tried his hand at recipe development? Several cocktail recipes (likely created during their time in Paris) were unearthed after his death. Would you care for a Butterfly’s Breath?

  • Good news: we’re reading more! Bad news: we’re reading more. - A spike in physical book sales paired with the delay of several spring and summer titles due to the pandemic make for a tricky predicament for two of the country’s leading printing companies: supply can’t keep up with demand, and it’s costing them big time. Now with fall title publishing dates fast approaching, companies are scrambling to make a plan, while also avoiding financial ruin. Read more from the New York Times HERE.

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Baking 101: Secrets of a Home Baker (Joy the Baker)

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Joy the Baker has done a series of baking posts, and this is by far the best, so I just had to share! If you're like me, you started baking sort of blindly. I didn't know the secrets, I didn't have nearly enough mixing bowls, and I thought I was the only baker in the world with the most inadequate kitchen. But every kitchen has its limitations, unless you're a professional bakery (but sometimes limitations apply there as well!). What makes a good baker is recognizing those limitations, and working around them to succeed.

 

Check out the full post here.

 

Happy baking!

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