A Short List of Songs That Could Be Repurposed Into Holiday Cash Grabs in a Hypothetical Remake of 'Love Actually'

That, plus a tasty condiment, a cocktail CHALLENGE ACCEPTED, new music, and more! It's Friday at the ACBN.

Do You Still Believe?

Reports of Santa Claus's demise have been greatly exaggerated

Ten Things I'm Thankful For

It's Friday somewhere, and I'm thankful for that. Thoughts on gratitude, plus holiday cocktail projects, dogs and more!

The Year's Already Over

We're into Garbage Time on 2025, and I've got all the junk you need: a powerful appetizer, a banana-bread Boulevardier, books, music and more!

Plan your Thanksgiving... with the power of AI!

I feel like you already know this is going to be jokes but I'm putting it in the subhead just to be clear

The Joy of Having No Stake In It

An ode to attending random sports events, a pre-Thanksgiving leftover effort, a reverse-engineered cocktail and more: it's Friday on the ACBN!

Travel Tips for Troubled Times

Helpful advice for worried flyers from the ACBN Travel Bureau

I Entered a Land of Perpetual Darkness and All I Got Was This Lousy Hour of Sleep

The Friday Newsletter reacts to the time change with the quiet dignity you've come to expect from me, and also soup

It doesn't make any sense

Reflecting on one of the greatest baseball games of all time, and the beauty of its madness

When Would You Put a Second Halloween?

It's Friday at the Action CookBOO!k Newsletter, and I've got a bloody cocktail, a kid-approved dish, and much more!

Like Humpty Dumpty, We're Having a Great Fall

A game-changing Crocktober Crossover, some advance holiday bar prep and THE APPLE CANNON highlight a festival fall Friday on the ACBN

If the 12-foot skeleton were a real person, would it be good at sports?

We are asking the important questions today. PLUS: two cozy recipes, a funky cocktail, music, books, pets and more! It's Friday at the ACBN.

Madmen, Chili Dogs and the Unexpected Pleasure of Being Old on Campus

It's all part of another fully-loaded Friday here at the ACBN!

I Touched Some Grass and I Liked It

But now I'm back, and ready to kick off CROCKTOBER. It's Friday!

18 Life Lessons From a Round of Miniature Golf

Or, "All I Really Need To Know I Learned at Frank's Family Fun Center"

Rounding Third, Heading Home

We're entering the year's fourth quarter, and I'm mixing sports metaphors! I'm also mixing up cocktails and delicious sauces, because it's Friday.

What's Your Ideal Breakfast Sandwich?

It's Friday at the ACBN, and we're viewing breakfast sandwiches as personal mission statements. PLUS: a lemonade-from-lemons cocktail, music, books, pets and more!

Taking a Child to a Football Game: An Incomplete Diary

The following is a work of fiction. (Mostly.) Alright, kiddo, it's game day! I'm really excited to bring you here today, you get to see your dad's favorite team play! No, that's my other favorite team. You're thinking of professional

You Give Slop a Bad Name

The internet, to put it mildly, is a bleak place these days. It'd be hard to believe it if you didn't experience it first-hand, but this wasn't always the case. The internet was once a vibrant, useful and occasionally even aesthetically-pleasing place! Sure, there

Things I Thought While Cleaning the Fridge

School's back! Time for Show and Tell.

School's back! Okay, fine–school's actually been back for a while here; my kids started classes almost a month ago. I've been seeing first-day-of-school posts from parent friends from late July straight up to this week, so there's apparently quite a bit

It's a Brand New Season

Something's changed this week. The morning shadows have grown a little bit longer, and the barest hint of a chill has settled into the air, enough for me to don a jacket on the way to the school bus. Summer may not have struck its final blow yet–

Hello from the other side

Hello, friends. This is going to be a short message today, but it's an exciting one: The Action Cookbook Newsletter is now hosted through Ghost! I already knew that. That's great! That means you follow me on social media, which I appreciate, even if I can&