picks vol. 41
what we’re wearing
Linen and ochre cotton, unbothered and slightly undone. black silk, cut clean enough to need nothing else. Florals loose enough to move in. The sandals are doing the real work — one flat, one raised, both entirely prepared to be on your feet longer than planned.
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what we’re sipping
raicilla la 75
gather:
1 ¾ oz raicilla
1 oz fresh lime juice
¾ oz pineapple syrup (store-bought, or fresh pineapple juice sweetened to taste)
a few drops chili oil, for garnish
salt, for the rim
create:
Salt the rim of a chilled coupe glass.
Fill a shaker with ice and add the raicilla, lime juice, and pineapple syrup.
Shake until well chilled.
Strain into the coupe and finish with a few drops of chili oil on top.
what we’re making
grilled shishito peppers with lime crema
gather:
1 lb shishito peppers
1 tbsp olive oil
flaky sea salt, to taste
¼ cup mexican crema (or sour cream)
1 tsp fresh lime juice
pinch of sea salt, for the crema
prepare:
Toss the shishito peppers with olive oil.
Heat a grill or cast-iron skillet to medium-high and cook the peppers in a single layer, turning occasionally, until charred and blistered, 6 to 8 minutes total.
Remove from heat and sprinkle with flaky salt.
Whisk together the crema, lime juice, and a pinch of salt.
Serve the peppers warm alongside the crema for dipping.
what we’re reading
trust by hernan díaz
Trust is about a fortune and the four different people who each insist they're the one who can explain how it was made. Andrew Bevel, the financier at the center of it, buys up a novel that tells his story unflatteringly and hires a ghostwriter to replace it with his own version. Neither account turns out to be the last word.
Díaz structures the whole book around a simple, uncomfortable question: when someone stands in front of a fortune and says "this is what I built," how much of that story is actually true, and who decides?
