Stories
The Dream-Seller
A short story / fairy tale
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Let's Go Exploring
on Calvin and Hobbes, and wonder
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Let's Make This Summer a Blockbuster
It's the longest Friday of the year, and the ACBN is ready to soak up some sun
Recipes
RECIPE: Smashed-Potato Salade Niçoise
It's *the* salad of the summer.
Cocktails
COCKTAIL: Classic Aperol Spritz
Aperol / Why reinvent the wheel when it's this hot out?
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It Was Never Just About the Books
in which I regretfully but earnestly step into an Online Discourse
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation
The ACBN returns with a travelogue in food form
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Gone Fishin'
The ACBN's taking a short break, but first, I've got some summer reading for you.
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Find a Way to Make Yourself Useful
Hello, and welcome back to The Action Cookbook Newsletter. If I’ve counted right, this is the 600th edition of the ACBN since I launched it four years ago. I’m so grateful that you—yes, you!—have made it possible for me to reach this milestone. I couldn’t
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Around the Sun
The Friday Newsletter has this thing where it gets older but just never wiser
Recipes
RECIPE: Michelada Carne Asada
Beef / Grilling / A bold flavor for summertime
Cocktails
COCKTAIL: Watermelon-Mint Agua Fresca
Non-alcoholic, or with tequila - it's the feel-good hit of the summer