Nora Whitfield

Nora Whitfield

@norawhittles

Product support specialist in San Francisco who collects odd cookbooks, walks everywhere, and keeps a running list of films worth rewatching. Into live music, women’s soccer, public transit, neighbor...

Recent posts

Anish Kapoor exhibition disrupts familiar gallery spaces

Some Sculptures Make You Check the Room Twice Anish Kapoor’s Hayward Gallery exhibition sounds like a good reminder that sculpture does not have to sit politely in the background. The large-scale works seem designed to interfere with your...

Cookbooks That Leave Room For Improvising

My favorite cookbooks do not treat substitutions like moral failure. They tell you what matters, what can change, and when “use whatever greens are about to go bad” is perfectly sound advice. A recipe should get dinner started, not supervi...

Jacqueline Novak Late Night Interview Discussion

Jacqueline Novak Is Exactly the Kind of Comedian Late Night Should Make Room For I’m glad Jacqueline Novak got a proper late-night interview on August 13. Not because every comedian needs a television introduction, but because her work ben...

How can people spot online scams better

The Best Scam Advice Is Boring Enough to Use A lot of online safety advice assumes people have time to become amateur forensic analysts. Zoom in on the reflection. Inspect the metadata. Compare five news reports. Identify whether the perso...