Good morning. We're five days from Memorial Day weekend—a 72-hour stretch where at any moment, somebody, somewhere is begging someone to "pick up ice." Thankfully, unceremonious freezer demands aren't the holiday's sole guarantee—there's also parades, family, friends, and (if you're doing it right) ribs. I can help with that final piece. Here's one way to do ribs right:
3. Pick up ice. But don't do it yourself. Instead, text somebody who's already on the way to your house. After they concede, turn around, sit through holiday traffic, find parking, and eventually set foot in the gas station, text them, "cups too." Afterwards, three things will happen: 1) They'll buy the ice and cups. 2) While driving to your house (for the second time that day), your friend(s) will disparage your entire existence. 3) Upon arrival, you'll hand each ice acquirer a glass of Brigid Washington's sweet tea rum punch and all will be forgotten.
This time last year, I parsed through our entire recipe collection to answer a simple question: If served on a platter during a Memorial Day barbecue, which Food52 recipe would be inhaled the quickest? My findings—which included grilled wings, shrimp rolls, and the world's greatest dessert—can be found here.
Here's my favorite thing we released this past week:
Before wrapping up today, I'd like to mention that this will be my final time writing Sunday Reset. After nearly three years at Food52, I've elected to pursue another opportunity. Without question, this newsletter will be the single thing I'll miss most. I cannot thank you enough for reading, giving feedback (positive or negative!), and allowing my erratic musings to occupy even a sliver of your free time. Now, please, pick up some ice and make that rum punch.
That's a wrap for this week!
See you next Sunday for more chatter about what's happening at Food52 HQ.
—Paul, Editor
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This week, we’re moving into design and details—with a sidebar on Oslo, Norway, where I recently went with my Food52 co-founder and close friend Merrill. We did a lot of eating, and soaked up as many design and culture gems as we could. So, of course, I put together a travel guide for you. Also, letting you know that I’m going to post Chats early in the week rather than on Fridays. (If you don’t want to receive email notifications about new Chats, you can adjust your settings and have notifications sent only to the app.)
Over the next few posts, I’ll introduce you to our terrific design and construction team. Before we get started with them, though, I’m sharing the inspo board that Tad and I created for our dreams of the future. We laid out the vision for our new home, how we wanted to live, features we’d love to have—if we could afford them—as well as details and styles we don’t like. Tad: wallpaper. Me: inefficient kitchens.
A page from our design inspo board (link below).
Keep in mind that we didn’t create this for public consumption, so it’s neither polished nor comprehensive. But it should sketch where we’re heading, and I hope it might be helpful for the way you think about your own home renovations and future projects. We found it to be a critical and productive exercise, as it forced us to think about both mundane questions—will the printer be out, or tucked in a closet?—as well as bigger topics, like how do we want to feel when we’re at home? If you live with someone, putting together a detailed inspiration document also encourages alignment before you dive into a project and have to make time-sensitive decisions that can be tense if you don’t agree...
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