Beans, cocktails, a fleet of movie and book recs

And a general appreciation of returning to a fall routine.

Pableaux’s red beans and rice with spicy andouille sausage.

Back in our West Village studio, after weeks of uncommonly fine travel, we organized a game night with a few of Ann’s former students (uniformly adored) and one gaming spouse, for a night of dinner and Code Names (if you’ve never played, we highly recommend).

Normally, this is a fun decision—what…