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AOC Knows a Lemon When She Sees One

AOC Knows a Lemon When She Sees One

Published by Sam Flores

Last night, Francesca Hong lost the race to be the Democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin. This is great news for American democracy. Sorry if that seems harsh—she certainly ran an energetic campaign and came close to winning the nomination—but Hong was a profoundly flawed candidate in an important race. Even the leaders of her own faction of the Democratic Party recognized it, and stayed away: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders apparently know a lemon when they see one. Her narrow loss is a positive reflection on the progressive luminaries’ judgment, as well as a demonstration that the party mainstream eventually managed to sort out a messy and dispiriting primary. The Democrats now have a better chance of winning a crucial swing state’s governorship, against a Republican nominee who, while in Congress, went along with Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Hong’s loss yesterday was unexpected. Two weeks ago, the 37-year-old state legislator was the front-runner in the polls, largely because the Democratic primary had turned into a clown show. One mainstream candidate, …

The creamiest lemon pasta salad

The creamiest lemon pasta salad

Published by Sam Flores

Like seemingly everyone else, I’ve spent the past year trying to find practical ways to sneak a little more protein into my day. (No offense to the internet, but I simply cannot look at another eight-egg omelet.) Instead, I’ve become unexpectedly devoted to whipped cottage cheese. Give the old diner stalwart a quick whirl in the blender with a generous glug of olive oil, and it transforms into something entirely different: silky, billowy and spoonable, with just enough richness to stand in for cream without feeling remotely heavy. What makes whipped cottage cheese especially useful is that it behaves less like a “health swap” and more like a base sauce. It has the body and cling you want from a creamy dressing, but it doesn’t drag a dish down the way mayonnaise sometimes can. It’s also less tangy and assertive than Greek yogurt, which means it can be pushed in almost any direction: lemony and herb-packed, garlicky and ranch-adjacent, smoky with paprika, briny with capers or olives, or even sweet-leaning with honey and fruit. Once …

Meera Sodha’s recipe for chopped broad bean trofie with mint and lemon

Meera Sodha’s recipe for chopped broad bean trofie with mint and lemon

Published by Sam Flores

What are your simple pleasures in the kitchen? The sizzle and spit of a fried egg? The smell of buttered toast, or putting on an apron to mark the end of a day? I like podding beans. I enjoy how it involves hands but not much brain, and how it makes time feel slow and good, like drinking a cup of tea. I also like that it reminds me of my Gujarati aunties doing the same (but with valor beans). And I love not always cooking so much, as in this recipe, where you pod and chop the beans, then mix them with pasta to reveal a simple good meal. Chopped broad bean trofie with mint and lemon To save on time, cook the pasta (pop a timer on) while you’re skinning the broad beans. Prep 10 minCook 30 minServes 4 650g frozen broad beans80g extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling80g vegetarian parmesan, finely grated¾ tsp salt, plus extra for the pasta water1 unwaxed lemon, zest finely grated, then juiced to get 1½ tbsp⅛ …

Jeffries: ‘Zero basis’ to arrest Lemon

Jeffries: ‘Zero basis’ to arrest Lemon

Published by Sam Flores

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) condemned the news that former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday evening.  “Don Lemon is an accomplished journalist whose urgent work is protected by the First Amendment,” Jeffries wrote in a post on the social platform X. “There is zero basis to arrest him. He should be freed… Source link