Recipes and essays from a former food editor, ex-line cook, and soon-to-be cookbook author learning to let go of perfectionism in the kitchen

Explaining the weird new future and recommending weird old books

A modern newsletter about health, wellness, and learning how to feel good. By Chris Gayomali, a journalist and former editor at GQ Magazine.

One thought (mostly) daily.

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A catalogue of authenticity

I write about things my wife Johanna and I talk about: relationships, self-direction, literature, agency, etc. We live on a windswept island in the Baltic Sea with our two daughters.

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