a screenshot of a zoom conversation. on the left kamala throws back her head laughing and on the right karen tongson has her face screwed up with discomfort and her fists pressed together.
Food and Drink

The Dyke Kitchen: Defining Taste With Karen Tongson

Tongson’s personal cooking style relies on saving the ingredients or parts that traditionally, institutionally have less value — “something that you think is burdened by indignity, cheapness and trash” — and finding her own perfect application that proves otherwise. “Sometimes it is relevant to bring in the conversation that Nietzsche started, in relation to Britney Spears,” she says with a laugh.

a pair of hands arranging a bouquet of flowers in closeup
House & Garden

Lez Try It: Flower Arranging á la “Imagine Me and You”

there’s a lot of talk in the film about what different flowers mean, as Luce is repeatedly confronted by emotionally unstable customers demanding the perfect flowers for very specific occasions. I was intrigued. Could I make my own bouquet and send it to somebody? Is this something I could do from the safety of my own home, because there is still a slow-burning apocalypse going on outside? Turns out the answer to these questions was yes.