Welcome to a new issue of The Weekend Edition, a weekly series where I share a mini medley of links and reviews for you to read with your morning coffee. Think of it as a little dose of delight to start your weekend. Enjoy!

📺 Next Level Chef (season 4) on FOX – Chefs Gordon Ramsay, Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais recruit a variety of home cooks, social media chefs, and professional chefs and mentor them as they face unique cooking challenges in a one-of-a-kind culinary competition show. Only one chef will win $250,000, a year long mentorship with Gordan and be named the food world’s newest superstar. Season 4 of Next Level Chef is already off to a good start. They’re so many impressive cooks this time. It’s hard to pick a clear front runner. However, these are the ones that have caught my eye: Bobby (social media chef), Arnav (home cook), Becca (social media chef), Austin (professional chef) and Ryan (professional chef).

📚My Body by Emily Ratajkowski – a collection of essays by model and actress, Emily Ratajkowski that explores feminism, sexuality, and power of men’s treatment of women and women’s rationalizations for accepting that treatment. While I knew her name and that she was a model, I didn’t know too much about Emily Ratajkowski before picking up this book. But, whoa, I was impressed. Girl knows how to WRITE! These essays are thought provoking, raw, and extremely vulnerable.

New music I’m very into at the moment –

• Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else by Benson Boone
• Lonely Mountain Town by Charles Wesley Godwin – Ghosts of us dance through these streets / It’s a waltz of memories haunting me
• Replay by Cynthia Erivo – I’m a constant work in progress / And I can’t keep fears at bay / Andy my mind is like a record / Setup on auto-replay / Replay / Replay / Replay / Replay

• Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty Event starts today! The days I’m most excited for are March 13 (50% off Tula Blurring & Moisturizing Filter Primer), March 17 (50% off select Nudestix Nudies and Stacks), and March 25 (50% off Bobbi Brown Extra Plump Hydrating Lip Oil).
• Five-to-nine: Why Gen Zs like me are stealing back time for side hustles, wellness and exercise – ‘[Anouska] Shenn explains that implementing new habits into your non-work schedule can “expand your sense of self beyond your nine-to-five work persona”.  “It gives you more agency over your life,” she explains.’
• Spicy Books with Cartoon Covers & the TikTok-ification of Classics – a video essay by Jack Edwards

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