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I just stumbled across this recent recipe video by lifelong friend of Julia Child, Jacques Pépin, who seems to be quite passionate about continuing her legacy of making cooking accessible to home chefs who don't have the time or resources to be really high-brow and fancy. Here he introduces us to a humble onion sandwich. I feel like Pépin deserves a gigantic post that I don't have the resources to make at the moment, but I thought I'd share this thing that I found unexpectedly delightful and unexpectedly delicious
posted by treepour at 11:06 PM PST - 81 comments

A living shoreline of saltmarsh and oyster beds is working to protect this town naturally. In low-lying Narooma on the New South Wales south coast, an award-winning initiative is creating a self-healing barrier against erosion and rising sea levels.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 6:39 PM PST - 9 comments

After a tumultuous campaign, Argentina has shocked the world by electing the far-right economist Javier Milei as its next president. In an echo of previous victories by populist outsiders with weird hair, the anarcho-capitalist firebrand waged an unorthodox campaign against a ruling class beset by inflation, wielding chainsaws, leather jackets, and Trumpian fraud claims to defeat hapless economy minister Sergio Massa by a wide margin powered by younger voters. Milei has promised to set the nation on a radical new course, dispensing with the social welfare programs of the longstanding Peronist government in order to pursue dollarization, privatization, deregulation, dismantlement of government, and anti-choice/vax/climate politics, along with an uncompromising "shock therapy" libertarianism that supports (among other things) selling organs and children. But beyond his extreme policies, many are disturbed by Milei's, uh, eccentric personality -- from his bizarre rants about the internet and establishment leftists to his telepathic consultation with mediums, God, and a dead dog that he has since cloned and converted into his political counsel.
posted by Rhaomi at 4:43 PM PST - 54 comments

“There’s not enough gold in my golden years." (slTheWalrus) [more inside]
posted by Kitteh at 8:53 AM PST - 131 comments

Modern writers make different claims about who destroyed the Library of Alexandria. Some blame Julius Caesar while others blame a Christian mob or the invading Arabs. But who is really responsible for the Library's demise? The boring truth according to @premodernist_history.
posted by dmh at 8:00 AM PST - 39 comments

As the World Cup concludes, the Christmas season reaches its peak, 2024 is almost upon us, and the prospect of Easter eggs draws near, so it is time for another FREE THREAD. Meanwhile, a Brit attempts to be champion in Australia, how to make cheese fondue, horses have the right to freedom (alarming last sentence), the best of 4,502 cheeses (who would have predicted that?), and any surface is useful when the mood strikes. Please wear PJs, MeFites.
posted by Wordshore at 2:38 AM PST - 134 comments

Increasingly, it becomes clear that no one really knew Joyce. In all the versions people had of her, there seemed to be so little room left for who she really was. Whether it was self-preservation or sheer lack of genuine care that kept Joyce from opening up to anyone in her life, it seemed like loneliness was always bound to catch her. from Why Did Joyce Carol Vincent Die Alone? [more inside]
posted by chavenet at 1:04 AM PST - 4 comments