I'll always love Bradley Cooper for Wet, Hot American Summer and his turn as Satan in the Stella short "Raking Leaves".

I'll always love Bradley Cooper for Wet, Hot American Summer and his turn as Satan in the Stella short "Raking Leaves".

Oh man, these movie-theater war stories are all giving me chills.  When I was a kid my dad would occasionally tag along with us to make family movie outings, and every single time the first thing he'd say as we were leaving the theater was, "This is the last time I ever see a movie in the theater."  The acorn didn't…

Oh man, these movie-theater war stories are all giving me chills.  When I was a kid my dad would occasionally tag along with us to make family movie outings, and every single time the first thing he'd say as we were leaving the theater was, "This is the last time I ever see a movie in the theater."  The acorn didn't…

A road trip isn't a road trip until I've had some McDonald's fries, but that's all I've eaten from there in about 20 years.

A road trip isn't a road trip until I've had some McDonald's fries, but that's all I've eaten from there in about 20 years.

I suppose I can confess here that I will make Toll House cookies just so I can have a bowl of "cookie pudding".  Some people call it "raw cookie dough" (and a friend of mine from England said of it, "Oh, we do that too.  Only we call it 'Letting Yourself Go'"), but "cookie pudding" just sounds more like a real…

I suppose I can confess here that I will make Toll House cookies just so I can have a bowl of "cookie pudding".  Some people call it "raw cookie dough" (and a friend of mine from England said of it, "Oh, we do that too.  Only we call it 'Letting Yourself Go'"), but "cookie pudding" just sounds more like a real…

Normally I spend the lead-up to Thanksgiving fixating on the stuffing (or rather, stuffins and stuffing shots, of course), but this year I'm psyched for the bird itself (a Bourbon Red I ordered from a local farm) and for making cranberry sauce in the shape of a can.

Normally I spend the lead-up to Thanksgiving fixating on the stuffing (or rather, stuffins and stuffing shots, of course), but this year I'm psyched for the bird itself (a Bourbon Red I ordered from a local farm) and for making cranberry sauce in the shape of a can.

You're going to have to set an extra place at the table, because I am inviting myself over for some of those pork chops. 

You're going to have to set an extra place at the table, because I am inviting myself over for some of those pork chops. 

Eating the leftover ricotta out of the container is the primary driving force behind any dish I've ever made that included ricotta.

Eating the leftover ricotta out of the container is the primary driving force behind any dish I've ever made that included ricotta.

Pig share is the best!  Or even better, don't share the pig at all.  The only problem I've had with it is discovering how quickly the three adults in my household can eat an entire pig.  As the freezer becomes increasingly bare, I find myself thinking, "Wow.  That seemed like a lot of bacon when I was unpacking it,…

Pig share is the best!  Or even better, don't share the pig at all.  The only problem I've had with it is discovering how quickly the three adults in my household can eat an entire pig.  As the freezer becomes increasingly bare, I find myself thinking, "Wow.  That seemed like a lot of bacon when I was unpacking it,…

@avclub-af08cd66f82d1b9317433323b7c69320:disqus Oooh, now you're talking!

@avclub-af08cd66f82d1b9317433323b7c69320:disqus Oooh, now you're talking!

Homemade peanut butter sounds like so much fun!  The only thing that's stopped me from trying it is that I don't really ever eat peanut butter, but surely I would if it was homemade, right?

Homemade peanut butter sounds like so much fun!  The only thing that's stopped me from trying it is that I don't really ever eat peanut butter, but surely I would if it was homemade, right?