Friday Favorites No. 610 from How Sweet Eats, Savor the Best, Julia’s Album and more.

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FRIDAY FAVORITES NO. 610

Good morning friends, happy Friday friends. How was your week? Mine was long, I will tell you all about it tomorrow on Weekend Meanderings.

We’ve been out of town and did not arrive home until late last night and I want this post to go out onetime and if you know me I like to ramble on so this post would never go live.

So let’s just get to the good stuff, as always I have lots to share.

FOOD

Pumpkin lasagna roll-ups with crispy sage, the perfect comfort food for a cold Fall day.

Add this Monte Cristo Casserole to your weekend and holiday brunch table.

This sausage stuffed acorn squash could be dinner with a salad or a side dish for Thanksgiving.

It’s cranberry season, pin this delicious cranberry bar recipe. The crust and the crumble are the same dough, they’re easy to make and can be frozen to serve at a later date.

LINKS TO READ+WATCH+LISTEN

A look inside Michelangelo’s secret room. 

9 Foods You Might Think Are High in Protein, but Actually Aren’t

The Thriving Business of Looking Goof on Zoom

The Best Time to Fly According to the Experts

11 of the best shows to watch in November

Be Kind to Your Gut Now, and the Older You Will Thank You

We were just trying to get it to work. The failure that started the internet.

The Delicious Rise of Ramen: 17 Creative, Surprising, Affordable Ways With Instant Noodles

Linguistic Siblings: 14 Pairs of Words With Surprisingly Shared Etymologies

BOOKS

White Mulberry

1928, Japan-occupied Korea. Eleven-year-old Miyoung has dreams too big for her tiny farming village near Pyongyang: to become a teacher, to avoid an arranged marriage, to write her own future. When she is offered the chance to live with her older sister in Japan and continue her education, she is elated, even though it means leaving her sick mother—and her very name—behind.

In Kyoto, anti-Korean sentiment is rising every day, and Miyoung quickly realizes she must pass as Japanese if she expects to survive. Her Japanese name, Miyoko, helps her find a new calling as a nurse, but as the years go by, she fears that her true self is slipping away. She seeks solace in a Korean church group and, within it, finds something she never expected: a romance with an activist that reignites her sense of purpose and gives her a cherished son.

As war looms on a new front and Miyoung feels the constraints of her adopted home tighten, she is faced with a choice that will change her life—and the lives of those she loves.

Nobody’s Perfect

Vivian Quackenbush enjoys a typical life. She has winesday evenings with her two best friends. Her son is in college. She and her husband, Mitch, are planning the next move for their empty-nester future. But to Vivian’s blindsided surprise…not together.

After nearly twenty-five years of marriage, Mitch wants a divorce. He confesses that he doesn’t love her anymore. He never even liked her chicken salad! Brutal. What is Vivian to do but channel her anger, frustration, and pain into a video she posts online. Ill advised? Perhaps. Cathartic? Absolutely. Overnight, Vivian goes viral. Millions of views and counting—to Mitch’s fury, her son’s embarrassment, her mother’s support, and the media’s delight. For Vivian, it’s a moment of truth: hide or lean into it. Vivian 2.0 chooses to lean—maybe even toward the younger single father next door.

Now Vivian is wondering where she goes from here. She’s discovering that somewhere in her trending if upended life, she’ll have to figure out who she really wants to be.

The Answer is No

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone?

Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

SHOPPING

OUTFIT OF THE DAY

It’s cozy season and there is nothing better on a cold rainy or snowy day that cuddling up in your pajamas and robe with a book. Add a cup of hot chocolate or tea and a cozy fire and I am in heaven.

At this time of year there are lots of cozy robes, pajamas and slippers to choose from and the good news is that they are on sale from now until Christmas. This week’s “outfit” features my favorite plaid jammies from J.Crew, a robe that you can wear all year, some warm fuzzy slippers and of course hot chocolate.

You can find all of my outfits on LTK so be sure to follow me in case you missed one. Don’t forget to follow me!

UNTIL TOMORROW

What are your weekend plans?

What made you smile and happy this week?

I hope you enjoyed the recipes, links and books I discovered this week on Friday Favorites. Thank you for spending part of your day with me, your time is valuable and I am grateful that you spend a little of each day with me.  Have a wonderful weekend.

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