Oh, I got a single use product for this. I absolutely love.
Apsan Sponge Holder with Drain… Amazon.com - Apsan Sponge Holder with Drain Pan for Kitchen Sink, Kitchen Sink Caddy Organizer for Sponge Brush Soap Dish Dishcloth Metal Rack, Small Black
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Oh, and for large towels, child art, and various gloves and sundries that don’t go on the drying rack in the garage, we use this shoe rack from IKEA over a vent. 20 bucks and it works amazingly well.
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I have one right next to the washer. I don’t care if I put the towels in wet because I wash them on hot with oxyclean and only with towels at least once a week. I’m sure it’s not the most sanitary but it’s what allows me to use 10000 white cotton towels in my kitchen instead of paper towels.
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What are your favorite cookbooks?? I’m looking for some new ones. I love reading the recipes and getting inspiration.
Some of my favs: salt fat acid heat, blue zones, the curry bible, six seasons, sugar high (baking at high altitude), run fast eat slow.
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Quick and slow by Luise vindaloo
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Cooking 1 2 3 by Rozanne Gold. All the dishes only require 3 ingredients (other than bare bones pantry staples) and it has a delightful range of flavors. It’s also fantastic for setting up a kitchen and the basics that you need to get to cooking.
Also the Cooking from Above series. I have the Classics, Italian, and Asian books. Each recipe has step by step instructions photographed from above so you see literally what you are meant to do each moment. Great for visual learners who don’t want to have to pause a video 17 hundred times.
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Downshiftology meal prep
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not really about recipes, but about the philosophy of cooking that includes prompts - The Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler.
Recipes - Plenty by Ottolenghi, A Cook’s Book by Nigel Slater, Jamie Oliver (I know) Save with Jamie and Jamie at Home
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Absolutely a must read.
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What cookbooks do y’all recommend for someone with diabetes who can’t handle spice? I’m cooking for four or five, sometimes six adults. Dad and Bro have thyroid issues and Mom has diabetes. None of us can handle spicy food. Stupid acid reflux.
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I feel your pain. I think the Skinny Taste cookbooks might be up your alley? Try some recipes on the website. Super straightforward, no fancy ingredients. You can start with halving the spice and see how things go?
She’s got a section on low-carb, if that’s how you’re approaching things for diabetes:
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I just got Weekday Vegetarians from the library and the back portion with like small plate vegetable ideas is really lighting my brain up! It’d be good for your produce hauls but bad for your cow 
Our most used cookbook is probably Julia Turshen’s Simpy Julia
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How it all Vegan - Barnard/Kramer
Vegetarian Comfort food - Warren
Cooking for Homemakers - culinary arts institute 1963
Rose Elliot’s New Complete Vegetarian
Thug Kitchen
The Higher Taste (little paperback hare krishna book - their bigger books aren’t as good or funny)
Muffin Mania - never calculate the sugar per serving
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What are your favourite sociology, anthropology and similar textbooks? Ones that back up utilitarianism preferred.
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That’s one of those books that’s about cooking but actually about life.
For regular cookbooks - I do get a lot out of the Smitten Kitchen cookbooks. I also rec The Irish Pub Cookbook and Inn at the Crossroads (you wouldn’t think that the GoT cookbook is good and yet… it really is).
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OK that’s cute
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Agree. If I ever teach a philosophy class, that’ll be included. It’s about food. But is it really. (Yes. But also).
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You forget that I also have 75# of dried beans in the basement
Thank you everyone for the suggestions!! I have requested all that are available at the library and saved the others in my list for if I need gift ideas!
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Q: Does anyone who already has employer sponsored health insurance also use/pay for a direct primary care, doctor?
(I am such a yapper, but I’ll try to keep this short).
I have 100% employer-sponsored health insurance but have never been able to find an in network primary Dr. that worked for me – they either aren’t the right fit or they are jumping from practice to practice in and out of network (a big medical hub here, so lots of chances for people to move).
I would really like to be able to consistently see the same person and chase down a few health things.
So I am considering getting a direct primary care subscription with a very forward thinking office here locally. It’s $100 initiation and then $80 a month for unlimited visits, etc.
^ I feel like I sound absolutely bonkers, at least to myself, thinking of paying for a doctor when I already have insurance that “pays for a doctor”.
Has anyone had this experience? Or any thoughts?
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I might be totally mistaken but I think @GrayMatter may have mentioned having a direct care physician?