Hand-Picked Links — February 21, 2025
Welcome to the third hand-picked links of the year. Somehow this edition is all food, movies, and sports. Got a hot tip? Send it in, Jerome.
Snacks & Cereals of 2024
Bad timing for me — currently in the middle of an annual dietary reset 😞 — but if you’re looking for something sweet, salty, spicy or all of the above, please enjoy Cabel’s new snacks roundup. I’m dreaming of trying Miss Vickie’s Baja Chipotle chips (maybe with a pastrami reuben), a (frozen?) Ritter Sport Crispy Banana for dessert, and washing it all down with a Canada Dry Fruit Splash in, oh 27 more days.
Reese’s
Speaking of snacks, Kenji reviews the explosion of recent Reese’s. The Potato Chips Big Cup is going straight to the top of my list. Nothing else here is quite grabbing me though, so I’ll just add two snacking observations of my own. If you have below-average quality ice cream (see Reese’s Peanut Butter), good news, you still have the ability to whip that into an above-average quality milkshake. Second, people, freeze your Reese’s Cups. As the recipient of a five gallon bucket of Reese’s Cups for Christmas, I know whereof I speak.
Has the Tennis Ball Gotten Worse?
Probably not, but maybe… Defector takes a look. You can’t put it past manufacturers to try cutting costs even if performance degrades. At the same time, athletes are neurotic. The last place they look to place blame is upon themselves.
Good Movies as Old Books
Available in April, friend of Cotton Bureau Matt Stevens translates more than 200 of his favorite movies into imaginary book covers in his new hardcover book. Gosh!
Wembanyama
A sad week for Spurs fans as Victor Wembanyama was diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder, ending his All-NBA, Defensive Player of the Year sophomore season early. If you somehow aren’t familiar with his game yet, catch this breakdown video from Ben Taylor at Thinking Basketball last month.
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