In The Times, Kim Severson wondered why chefs herald spring’s imminent arrival with ramps versus a better alternative: “Ramps are garlic’s murky younger cousin, the one who spent some time in juvie. Green garlic is the bright, younger sister who spent a summer interning at an organic farm collective.” (Lori Pipczynski, Jamesport, N.Y., and Barbara West, Rochester, N.Y., among others)
Also in The Times, Jonah Weiner identified the documentarian Alex Braverman’s special challenge in putting together his new movie about the comedian Andy Kaufman: “Throughout this process, Braverman delighted in, and agonized over, the vexing task of trying to tell a satisfying story about Kaufman — a man who rigged trap doors beneath everyone’s understanding of who he ‘really’ was.” (Ann Madonia Casey, Fairview, Texas)
Anna Salinas began dating a man almost a decade her junior: “Jacob said he worked ‘in music,’ which I took to mean he sometimes played the guitar.” When they went clubbing, she was above the average age and “the other women wore low-slung pants with tiny crop tops, oozing the kind of confidence you feel when you’re still on your parents’ health insurance.” (Jane Parker, Manhattan)
John Leland charted many customers’ defection from Elon Musk’s electric cars: “New Yorkers once embraced Teslas as that rare signifier of liberal green virtue that actually had some giddyap under the hood — an anti-S.U.V. that didn’t drive like a cup of herbal tea.” (Sandra McManus, Bozeman, Mont., and Bonnie Welch, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., among many others)
James Hamblin parodied — or maybe just mimicked? — the typical message and script of a television drug ad: “You will frolic on the beach at sunset psoriasis-free, with a golden retriever, smiling into the distance. You also may experience sudden loss of cardiac function, seizures of the arms or intermittent explosive ear discharge. Talk to your doctor.” (Susan Casey, Palm City, Fla.)
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