The best food, movies, and books of 2023
And the other highlights from the week of December 23, 2023
Here’s what I loved this year
Movies
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Episodic
Poker Face: Escape From Shit Mountain
Star Trek Strange New Worlds: Those Old Scientists
Books
Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Amazon)
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Amazon)
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Amazon)
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson (Amazon)
Short Stories
Skinder's Veil by Kelly Link (Amazon)
How It Unfolds by James S.A. Corey (Amazon)
The Very Last Time by Juliet Grames (Amazon)
Comics
Monstress (Vol. 1-6) by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Amazon)
Kill Six Billion Demons (Vol. 1-6 and more recent posts) by Tom Parkinson-Morgan (Amazon)
Friday by Marcos Martin, Ed Brubaker, and Muntsa Vicente
Podcast
My Perfect Console: Tom Bissell
Food
Trader Joe’s Dutch Griddle Cakes
Mendocino Farms Hot Honey Peach & Prosciutto sandwich
And my favorite finds this week:
Art
Oppenheimer and Barbie posters from Ghana
Lego Han Solo on Tauntaun with making of video
Hot Air Balloons
Skatepark hanging from a hot air balloon
Hot air balloon demonstration at an NFL game went absurdly awry
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Great roundup for the year, thanks John - I particularly enjoy your story recommendations.
Cheers,
Ed