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Six Satisfying TV Shows You Can Watch in One Sitting

Six Satisfying TV Shows You Can Watch in One Sitting

Published by Sam Flores

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Not all TV shows need to run for years to tell their story right. For anybody looking to watch a one-and-done season, The Atlantic’s writers and editors answer the question: What is your favorite miniseries? The Night Of (streaming on HBO Max) Americans can’t seem to get enough of murder mysteries, and Hollywood can’t seem to stop making them. But few, if any, can hold their own against The Night Of. The 2016 miniseries starts with—what else?—a murder. Nasir Khan, a scrawny Pakistani American college student living with his parents in Queens, sneaks out and drives his dad’s taxi to a party in Manhattan. When he forgets to turn off the on duty light, a chatty woman named Andrea flags him down, and they end up back at her place for a night of drugs and sex. Nasir wakes …

‘Opened with a satisfying phwummp’: the best supermarket sauerkraut, tasted and rated | Pickling, fermenting and preserving

‘Opened with a satisfying phwummp’: the best supermarket sauerkraut, tasted and rated | Pickling, fermenting and preserving

Published by Sam Flores

When eaten raw, this sour, umami-rich and complex condiment is one of the simplest and most nourishing whole foods in the world. Made by fermenting cabbage, and other vegetables, with spices and salt (the standard salt-to-cabbage ratio is 2% salt by total weight of cabbage, but a little either way is neither good nor bad, unless you’re actively avoiding salt), a little sauerkraut on the side of my plate each day is how I ensure I get my daily dose of probiotics. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. To stabilise the product, some sauerkrauts are heat-treated or pasteurised. This is great for shelf-life but kills the beneficial bacteria and probiotic benefits. Straight from the jar, I tasted a range of sauerkraut from the most economical pasteurised varieties to some pricey mail-order products from the best fermenters in the country. The best supermarket sauerkraut Best overall:Loving Foods organic sauerkraut with caraway and juniper £6.99 for 475g at Loving Foods (£1.47/100g) £9.99 at Amazon …