I think this is the standard recommendation, but you actually need to make sure it’s designed and installed right. You need a proper air exchange, and to make sure it’s sized properly to the intake you need and so on. A lot of the hoods you see are so poorly installed that you might as well wave your hands at the stove for all the good it does.
I’m currently working on Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price, an indepth dive on Vikings covering history, archeology, mythology, and so on. It’s decently well reviewed and at least seems really comprehensive but I have to admit I’m having trouble getting into it and I’m mostly just grinding out 10-20 page chunks at a time before I end up dropping it to do something else.
That was the last book I finished, and it was solid. The “getting the gang back together” part was fun, and the latter half just picked up from there. Without getting too spoilery I think the last character from her past showing up, and the more fantastical shift from there on, really added a lot to the enjoyment factor.
I do end up loving Friday and it seems like it’s totally under everyone’s radar. It’s not revelutionary or anything, but it’s straight forward fun and for whatever reason I always end up tickled by how the gameplay and theme were integrated.
Clank Legacy has been an absolute blast for my wife and I (we each play two characters). I’ve been a big Penny Arcade fan for ages so the humor hits my sweet spot, and the legacy aspect of keeping the gameplay light and steadily adding a bit more complexity each round as you “earn” it was perfect for my wife who’s a much more casual gamer.
I backed the 2nd season on kickstarter just recently and it looks like they’re leaning even more into the story aspect of legacy gameplay so I’m hoping it still hits the right balance for us.
There is a fair bit of quality that can go into making a GOOD purely fun thing, and even when it’s pure schlock there’s no shame in that. Some times you want a steak, sometimes you want a burger. Both can be good or bad in their own ways, and neither is better than the other.