Before the writers of The Mindy Project took a sledgehammer to Danny Castellano’s character, he was pretty good at the big romantic gesture. Or at least, he was pretty good at realizing that he was being an ass and sprinting to patch things up with Mindy, usually to the backdrop of an absolute banger. I can’t listen to Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing In the Dark” without thinking of him running to the top of the Empire State Building to tell Mindy that he wanted to go all in on their relationship, and Beyoncé’s “XO” will always remind me of him chasing after Mindy when his mom clues him into the fact that she’s pregnant.

Pepitas are a super-popular snack all around Mexico. They form the base of pipián, a minimalist, savory mole sauce famous in states like Jalisco and Zacatecas. They are an indispensable ingredient in Yucatán’s famous sikil p’aak (don’t forget I wrote you a recipe back in the summer for Sikil P'aak Grilled Ribs with Sungolds). While pepitas aren’t the most celebrated Mexican ingredient, they certainly deserve to be, especially when you taste these albóndigas that make pepitas the protagonist.

Hello friends, I’m back with another gluten free product test! This time gluten free pizza crusts. I have an extra newsletter coming out for all of you this week on Thursday - a guest article, I think you are going to love it! It’s wonderful to make your crust from scratch - I have quite a few pizza recipes - try this Chicago Style Stuffed Deep Dish Pizza for instance.

It wasn’t the drinking, fighting, or terrifying uncertainty in my childhood home. It wasn’t that my mother left, running off with a psychopathic, wanna-be-cult-leader doctor. It wasn’t my father’s sudden, and overwhelming fame causing him to change dramatically from a gentle artist to a suicidal maniac. It wasn’t even that when I was kidnapped, and miraculously escaped and survived, no one seemed to care. The sadness that existed in me had always been there, since the dawn of time and maybe even before that.

If Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis were prosecuting citizen Fani Willis and her former boyfriend Nathan Wade for perjury, conspiracy and obstruction of justice, she would have an extremely strong case. The evidence of perjury is overwhelming; many individuals have been convicted on far less evidence. Recall that Willis and Wade testified under oath to the material fact that Willis did not hire Wade as special prosecutor while they were having a romantic relationship.