Hitting Pan

this month's empties

Welcome to the first installment of Hitting Pan, a new regular missive in which I’ll share the most recent things that I finished. Gone, but not forgotten.

Today: beauty, books, and one from the kitchen caddy.

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Bobbi Brown Lip Tint: Bare Blackberry

If it looks like Black Honey, reminds me of Black Honey, or is in any way sharing energy with Black Honey, I’m going to buy it. Considering I have seven thousand tinted lip glosses in this category floating around the various drawers, jacket pockets, bags, car doors, and bedside tables I frequent, it’s truly amazing that this one is (finally) all done. I guess I really liked it. I’d replace it if I didn’t already have … seven thousand other options.

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Calabrian Chile Paste

I’m working on a recipe for spicy Calabrian chicken thighs (just shot the video for it last week!), and that helped me move through this (decanted) jar of crushed Calabrian peppers and pop open a new one. Have you ever mixed sriracha into mayo? Do that with this. Then dab it on everything: grilled cheese sandwiches, roasted squash, creamy scrambled eggs, leftover pizza, or cauliflower pasta. Older son says he’d put it on ramen!

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Bunny, by Mona Awad

This surreal novel, about a cultish group of female college students who use telepathic powers to make rabbits explode and come back as eligible bachelors, reminded me of Heathers and The Secret History. But with exploding bunnies. I fell more in love with it the deeper into it I got.

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Dieux Instant Angel

This is at least the third tube of Dieux’s glorious moisturizer that I’ve squeezed every last squidge out of. I pair it with their serum every night, and my skin is the happiest it has ever been.

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Lapvona, by Ottessa Moshfegh

I LOVE THIS AUTHOR and this book was one of the freakiest, funniest, most grotesque, bizarre, and engrossing things I’ve ever read. I f*king loved it. Every second of it. Read it, pass it on, then discuss.

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Squirrelly

This entry was contributed by our dog, Sergeant Margaret, aka Marge. Squirrelly was her favorite toy ever. After eviscerating Squirrelly, sucking out its brains, and tearing it limb from limb, Marge finally had to say goodbye. RIP Squirrelly.