Hey there, I’m reading a book right now called, “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle. If you haven’t read it, get it and do it. You won’t be disappointed. It reminded me of my own memoir that I started writing eons ago but haven’t finished, working title “The Good Wife” (unrelated to the TV show). It’s all about the expectations others put on us and the ones we put on ourselves. And how that stops us from living the life we are meant to live and being our true selves (hence The Heart-centered Rebel theme).

Sweet, saucy apricot chicken: it’s a simple, yet satisfying meal to share with your loved ones. Hope your week is going well! If you have any questions leave them in the comments. I’m very grateful to have you here! Enjoy, Carolina x Recipe Video Prep time: 15 minutesCook time: 45 minutesTotal time: 1 hourMakes 4 servings 2 pounds (900 g or about 6 to 8) chicken drumsticks Kosher salt 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more as needed

Welcome back to another edition of the Haterade Mailbag, in which my five loyal readers feed me questions like an irascible baby bird. The irascible baby bird is on deadline this week, so I’m just going to dive in: Taco pizza. I don’t mean an “upscale,” “reimagined” taco pizza, I mean the chain-style taco pizza of my Iowan youth. I mean a paste-y refried bean base with toppings that strain credulity—“taco meat,” crumbly shards of Doritos that stab the roof of your mouth, cubed Roma tomatoes that taste like the refrigerator, shredded iceberg lettuce wilting atop a heated floor of cheese, and packets of rust-red taco sauce to drizzle over the top.

Back in 2016, A-WA—an Israeli band that fuses traditional Yemenite melodies with funk, hip hop, reggae, and other dance-centric grooves—released their single, “Habib Galbi,” which became something on an international sensation.  “It is an amazing song that completely changed my life,” Tair Haim, A-WA’s principle vocalist says about the song’s immense popularity (she cofounded the band with her sisters, Liron and Tagel, in 2015). It helped get the band featured on major U.

In February 2021, a trend on TikTok known as the album cover challenge began making waves on the app. Users caption “Proof that anything can be an album cover" over personal videos. Within the twenty-second clips, they pick a frame, add a filter, followed by a parental advisory sticker, and voila, an album cover appears. To the trained eye, the majority of the covers are lackluster, but every once in a while, the outcome isn’t half bad.