![]() At home I just eat it on steamed Thai Jasmine rice with a little pat of butter. It’s so incredibly layered with aromatics. “I thought I knew what soy sauce tasted like, but, boy. That’s like the difference between Two Buck Chuck and a nice bottle of wine. The guy who makes this told us that until he needed a new barrel in 2012, the last time he placed an order with his barrel guy was right after World War II. Less than one percent of the soy sauce made in Japan is still made in this way, aged in these incredible wooden barrels. It’s from a guy who was on my show, from when I visited a soy sauce producer in Japan who’s making a soy sauce from the original method. “At home, I use high-quality soy sauce, beyond Kikkoman, but this stuff is beyond that. “So, I have been eating soy sauce for many years in my life, like I imagine other people have been,” says Nosrat. This sounds like it would never work - until it does.” “According to feng shui, if you face east your writing will be more imaginative and creative. “I’m always lost, so I need one,” Susan says. Susan surveyed the opened and unopened gifts before alighting on the geometry drafting kit, which is described as including a compass. 19, so that her turn would run on December 20, because “I pray to be on a day when the moon is not void of course.” (When the moon is void of course, mistakes and frustration are likely occurrences.) Alas, we’re sticklers for the rules. Not for optimal gift-stealing purposes - rather, she wanted to come on a day with astrological significance, and asked if she could take No. Susan is the only player who expressed concern over the number she got out of the hat. “Susan Miller is in this?!” Samin Nosrat practically yells when she realizes that, yes, the astrologist to the stars ( and the masses) has come to our holiday party. The World card, which is usually just shown as a globe, has a young naked child dipping into a reflecting pool, in which he can see the whole world. But they’re also very visually interesting. They’re easy to read, because the pictures say right on there what they’re supposed to be. I’ve played with a million different decks and I always come back to them. “Even the most boring people light up when you tell them their future, so it’s a perfect gift, because it gets people out of their comfort zones. In any case, I’m always very in demand, especially at parties. He was so frightened, and I reassured him no, no, that won’t happen. I thought: You’re going to lose your job immediately. I sat down to read his cards and the first thing I flipped was the death card. He was very sweet, innocent - not from New York. A couple of years ago, I hired a young man at my company, and I happened to have a party the day he started. “I say whatever the picture brings to my mind. “I read tarot cards, and people tell me I’m extremely accurate,” Barbara says. (For more on the rules of white elephant gift exchanges, see here.) ![]() Come back every day - even on the weekends! - to see who left with a karaoke microphone, who took the composting worms, and who kept getting robbed. From December 1 to 25, we’ll be publishing one “turn” a day, with the latest player’s gift pick up top. Follow the journey of the Queen Elizabeth figurine as it bounces from one famous person to another (or just buy the sparkly Play-Doh Leandra Medine loves). Each day on the Strategist, one of them will open a gift, and the next day someone new has the chance to steal it or unwrap another one. Most of them are things each party guest uses and loves. (Click on the names above to skip straight to a given player’s turn in the game.)Įach of our guests has brought a white elephant gift. For good measure we also invited an astrologist ( Susan Miller), a financial journalist ( Andrew Ross Sorkin), a Saturday Night Live writer ( Bowen Yang), and our favorite WNYC radio host ( Brian Lehrer). Smith, and Leandra Medine and the designers in attendance are Batsheva Hay, Isaac Mizrahi, John Derian, Jesse Kamm, and Yves Béhar. Our literary guests include Radhika Jones, Cheryl Strayed, Tracy K. Our chef and restaurant-owning guests are Tom Colicchio, Danny Meyer, Alison Roman, Samin Nosrat, and Angela Dimayuga. Kamau Bell, Desus Nice, Barbara Corcoran, Casey Wilson, and Ramona Singer. Here’s who’s coming: From the entertainment world, Katja Blichfeld, Kevin Kwan, W. All of our guests have brought a $25-or-under gift - something that surprises, delights, or otherwise changes lives - and you, our 26th guest, get to watch the game unfold right here. What are Brian Lehrer and Casey Wilson whispering about by the fire? And of course John Derian’s upstaged everyone with his gift-wrapping. There’s Danny Meyer under the holly chatting it up with Barbara Corcoran. We cordially invite you to the first ever Strategist (Virtual) Holiday Party - a white elephant gift exchange with 25 guests from across the New York (and New York) universe.
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