Gone fishin'

The Sword and the Sandwich will return to its schedule next week

Hi beloved readers,

With me having just handed in the manuscript for my second book (about the Christian Right, much of it inspired by the work I did for this newsletter), I’m taking a week off to let the words settle behind my eyes before I can make them sit up and dance again.

David’s off on a sea journey, about which he will no doubt enlighten you when he returns.

It’s the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, this weekend, and I plan to engage in our typical New Year’s pursuits of begging forgiveness of the people in our lives, begging forgiveness of God, and eating lavish meals. I also plan to try out this recipe for an apple and honey galette - if all goes well, it’ll be an auspicious year and this new book will sail off the shelves! No pressure on me, or the tart.

https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/country-apple-galette

Thanks to everyone who’s been a paying subscriber through a trying year, or a free one. I even wish a happy new year to those haters and losers who unsubscribed, the treacherous swine. And fear not - we will blaze back into contentmongering once the year turns. Expect a meatier sally on Tuesday.

With much love,

Talia