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Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: R&R's Playlists for 2023, The Lesson, Frybread Face and Me, The Iliad & Ryan Wildstar's Chicken Consommé!
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Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: R&R's Playlists for 2023, The Lesson, Frybread Face and Me, The Iliad & Ryan Wildstar's Chicken Consommé!

Plus Gisela McDaniel, Ben Okri, Emily Wilson & Juana Romani!

“The aesthetic experience is a simple beholding of the object . . . you experience a radiance. You are held in aesthetic arrest.” - Joseph Campbell

Aesthetic Arrest is our weekly dip into the Epicurean pleasures we’ve been enjoying lately. Cheers to that!


This Week’s Apéritif: The Shake Shake Shake For Your Booty Smoothie (Avocado, Roasted Almond Milk, Peach Juice, Pear Juice, Carrot Juice, Collagen & Electrolyte Powder and Ice)

The Shake Shake Shake For Your Booty Smoothie Soundtrack:

The Shake Shake Shake For Your Booty Smoothie [Photo by Ryan “Booty” Wildstar]

Ryan Wildstar’s Recommendations:

Reading: Changing Destiny by Ben Okri


Listening: R&R’s Playlists for 2023! Playlist #1 — Together We Emerge

To hear all of our favorite albums of 2023, check out this article:


Looking: The Art of Juana Romani (1867-1923/24)

La Rossa by Juana Romani [Public domain via Wikimedia Commons]
From L to R: Dark Haired Beauty, Coquetry, Uncertain, Flowers in her Hair, Portrait of a Young Girl, Salome, Leonora d'Este, Thoughful, Joan of Arc [All Photos Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons]

Viewing: Frybread Face and Me written and directed by Billy Luther, starring Keir Tallman, Charley Hogan, Sarah H. Natani, Martin Sensmeier, and Kahara Hodges.


Tasting: Ryan Wildstar’s Chicken Consommé (made with his homemade Chicken Stock: Whole Chicken, Leek, Red Onion, Green Onion, Celery, Carrots, Himalayan Pink Sea Salt, Pepper Garlic, Ginger & Corsican Herbes de Maquis)

Ryan Wildstar’s Homemade Chicken Stock [Photo by Ryan Wildstar]
Ryan Wildstar’s Homemade Chicken Stock [Photo by Ryan Wildstar]

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Ryan Elston’s Recommendations:

Reading: The Iliad by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson)


Listening: R&R’s Playlists for 2023! Playlist #2 — Caravanserai

To hear all of our favorite albums of 2023, check out this article:


Looking: The Art of Gisela McDaniel:


Viewing: The Lesson written by Alex MacKeith, directed by Alice Troughton and starring Richard E. Grant, Julie Delpy and Daryl McCormack


Tasting: Ryan Wildstar’s Chicken Consommé (made with his homemade Chicken Stock: Whole Chicken, Leek, Red Onion, Green Onion, Celery, Carrots, Himalayan Pink Sea Salt, Pepper Garlic, Ginger & Corsican Herbes de Maquis)

Simmering Consommé with Raft [Photo by Ryan Wildstar]
Finished Consommé with Floating Leek Rounds [Photo by Ryan Wildstar]

That’s it for this week! But we want the dinner party to continue! So each week we are asking a “dinner party” question for everyone joining us here at our table. Last week, we asked: “Who's one of YOUR favorite angelic troublemakers? Here are some of the great responses from the comments:

Thank you everyone for your wonderful responses! That was last week . . . but we don't want this week's dinner party to end either!

So here is this week's question for the table:

As we mentioned earlier, Ryan Wildstar is on a liquid diet this month (doctor’s orders), which means there is one thing we’ve been eating every single day: soup!

So, our question for the table this week is:

What's one of YOUR favorite soups?

Tell us your choice in the comments and we’ll share some of your responses on next week’s podcast!

Also, don't forget to stop by The Epicurean Vagabonds Substack on Wednesdays, to check out our revamped Mid-Week Libations! Now with audio segments featuring Ryan & Ryan!

And thank you for joining us for Season Two of Aesthetic Arrest!

Cheers to that!

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Aesthetic Arrest Podcast
We are Ryan and Ryan, and what we propose to you here is an observational celebration of the most extraordinary people, places, books, art, music, food, wine and cultures we have had the honor to experience together over the last 22 years.