Best of 2022

Get ready for a LIST

2022 was a doozy. People started saying this in 2020(ish) and it still holds true: I think we’re all ready for some precedented times.

But! There were bright spots, many of them (at least for me, and I hope for you). Thank you to everyone who sent me some of your favorites from this year. I tried to organize them into semi-cohesive categories below. I’m linking to most things except for movies and TV shows, mostly because I couldn’t decide whether to send you to Google or YouTube for those. The starred entries are ones I added or can cosign, but I’m positive everything on this list is worth a look. Have fun perusing—I know I did!

Recipes

• Rich cornbread dressing by Julia Moskin*

• Barbuto kale salad by Jonathan Waxman*

• Zucchini butter by Jennie Cook* 

• Eggplant ravaiya by Niven Patel* 

• Broccoli and egg fried rice by Kat Boytsova*

• Cauliflower, potato and white bean soup by Sarah DiGregorio*

• Cheddar scallion biscuits by Mei Lin*

• Burnt miso pound cake by Christina Tosi* 

Everything else food-related

• The entire menu at Banshee 

• Pollo Primo, the perfect restaurant for indecisive people* 

• Soup dumplings from Northern China Eatery* 

• Auntie Anne’s pretzels (yes, they live up to the memory of them)*

• Bagels from Russ & Daughters in NYC (also finally tried Brooklyn Bagel and it’s a great Atlanta option)*

• Frena from Shukette in NYC* 

• Schug (Trader Joe’s has a nice pre-made version)*

• Banana milk 

• Plastic squeeze bottles for homemade sauces*

• Using a vegetable peeler to shave cheese*

Books (yes, these are all mine)

• Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz*

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin*

• A Heart that Works by Rob Delaney*

• Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout*

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus*

• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel*

• This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub*

TV

• Somebody Somewhere* (HBO Max)

• The Bear (Hulu)

• The Midnight Club (Netflix)

• Severance* (Apple TV+)

• The Dropout* (Hulu)

• Pachinko* (Apple TV+)

• Gaslit (Hulu)

• The Patient (Hulu)

• 1899 (Netflix)

• Anatomy of a Scandal (Netflix)

• Archive 81 (Netflix)

• The final season of Search Party*, which went off the rails in the best way (HBO Max)

Movies

• Turning Red* (Disney+)

• Fire Island* (Hulu)

• Good Luck to You, Leo Grande* (Hulu)

• Kimi (HBO Max)

• Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers (Disney+)

• Emily the Criminal (Netflix)

• The Banshees of Inisherin (HBO Max)

• Glass Onion* (Netflix)

• Everything Everywhere All at Once (you can only buy this for $12.99 at the moment, which is why I still haven’t watched it even though several people have recommended it to me)

Etc.

• Normal Gossip podcast*

• Betwixt the Sheets podcast* 

• Bomanizer’s props in glasses and Penn Badgley’s dance moves on Tiktok*

• Punk bingo at Red’s Beer Garden* 

• Oberammergau Passion Play

• The Met Cloisters* 

• Birdcast migration tools

• NYC Trees Map

• Seed probiotics 

• This emoji: 🫠*

• Google stock splitting 

• Herschel Walker losing and me gaining exactly one inch of faith back in humanity* (this wasn’t mine but I very much cosign it)

• The Local Project

• Meeting new people post-pandemic*

And that’s it! If you have any additions, please post them in the comments (really!). Hope this is your best day of 2022 and tomorrow you wake up ready for a new year. See you in 2023!