Downtime Recs #95 with Rebecca Firkser, author of the new cookbook 'Galette!'

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	Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more This is a free preview of the Downtime newsletter. Join the thousands of paid subscribers who get the full experience: weekly recs, bonus deep-dives, community chats, and more—for just $5/month (billed annually). Thanks for reading! Upgrade to paid A summer food bucket list, gorgeous galettes, and a curly hair hack Downtime Recs #95 with Rebecca Firkser, author of the new cookbook 'Galette!' Alisha Ramos and Rebecca Firkser Jun 20 ∙ Preview   READ IN APP   Every Friday, I share a roundup of fun and practical recommendations from myself and guests—think books, recipes, little joys. Paid subscribers receive the full post, along with bonus monthly content. Subscribe for $5/month here. Hi! If you need a little joy or distraction right now (who among us…), today’s edition of the newsletter is for you: I’ve got a special guest, cookbook author Rebecca Firkser, who’s brought us some great recommendations, plus two exclusive recipe excerpts from her just-released cookbook, Galette!: Sweet and Savory Recipes as Easy as Pie. Just in time for easy, joyful summer baking. Let’s get into it, Alisha P.S. If you’ve got a sec, please tap the little heart on this post ❤️—it helps more people find Downtime. A quick note before you dive in: Going forward, these Friday Recs newsletters will be exclusive to paid subscribers, with a short preview of one or two recommendations available for free readers. This is the heart of Downtime, the part I love making most, and I want it to feel like a special space for subscribers. If you’re a paid subscriber: thank you, thank you, thank you. Truly! If you’re a free subscriber: join us for $5/month. And if subscribing isn’t in the cards right now, send me a note—we’ll figure something out. x Upgrade to paid Rebecca’s 3 Good Things Rebecca Firkser is a writer, recipe developer, and author of the just-released Galette!: Sweet and Savory Recipes as Easy As Pie. (She also writes the brilliant budget-cooking newsletter Nickel & Dine.) Below, she shares three of her favorite things right now… London Borough of Jam. Really good jam is such a treat. I love it on seeded sourdough toast (my favorite loaf is from Radio Bakery). I first tried London Borough of Jam’s special flavors—like fig and earl gray tea, and strawberry and rosewater, to name just two—in London over a decade ago. I’m really glad they’ve since started stocking in some of my favorite local shops, like Big Night. [Ed note: SAY NO MORE. I need the earl gray tea jam!] Range is an online movement platform by Kara Duval. I started taking Kara’s classes during the 2020 lockdown, and haven’t looked back. The classes are mostly a mix of Pilates, functional movement, and strength training. Kara plays soothing music/ambient sounds and lights candles during class, even when we lift heavy weights, which sets such a calming tone. Range has set me free from so many years of thinking that if I wasn’t struggling to catch my breath I wasn’t working out “hard enough.” It’s such a delightful change of pace from so many other classes I’ve tried, which are often high-intensity workouts in overstimulating environments. Hairizone Universal Hair Diffuser. Those of us with curly hair know the struggle of arriving at a hotel/rental to see that while there may be a blow dryer in the bathroom, there’s usually no diffuser attachment (it disperses the airflow in a way that maintains one’s curl pattern.) This Hairizone attachment clips on to just about any blow dryer and works like a dream. It’s not the most compact, but I’ve always found room for it in my carry-on suitcase. Here’s what’s waiting below the paywall today: Two stunning recipes from Galette!, starring rhubarb and apricot What’s on Rebecca Firkser’s summer food bucket list! Three funny podcast recs A few bonus recs from me, including the new comedy show I’m loving and the sharp book on AI that’s in my cart Announcing the reader who won our epic beauty box giveaway… …And announcing a new reader giveaway :)... Keep reading with a 7-day free trial Subscribe to Downtime to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. Start trial A subscription gets you: weekly subscriber-only issues featuring lifestyle recs + fun links monthly emails with bonus recs, Q&A's, interviews, and behind-the-scenes updates from Alisha access to the archive of 180+ posts, our subscriber chat, and commenting privileges   Like Comment Restack   © 2025 Alisha Ramos 548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104 Unsubscribe