This is truth. I live in wine country so I’ve always got a couple nice cases stashed away, but when my non-culinary friends come over during the holidays they always bring some cheap plonk and I love them for it. From about Dia de Muertos on Nov 2 through Tres Reyes on January 6th, I’ve always got a slow cooker full…

A+ for effort, but add me to the chorus of Please Don’t. Even assuming the person doesn’t get headaches or think all Bath and Body Works scents come in one of two categories (Sophomore Pregnancy Scare and Sandra Lee’s Tablescaped K Hole), picking a scent for someone is highly personal and kinda pushy, even if it’s…

Me too, with black pepper and fresh basil if I have it to hand, and mint if I do not.

I swear by this, especially for cleaning. Seven minutes on the microwave timer is my sweet spot. I get paralyzed by anxiety really easily when it comes to cleaning and even ten minutes seems daunting. I can usually do a quick tidy up and/or straighten the kitchen in seven minutes and it’s enough to make a notable…

^^^^^^ and THAT is what’s occurrin’

I feel you. The only thing that makes me okay with this is PR companies have to lobby harrrrrrd to get their client this cover, it’s basically up there with the cover of the September Vogue. So if Hamsweats McPossumgroin wants to go all in on that campaign, then let him have it.

I am honored to be the first person to star this.

If you live in California or other places with access to wines from El Valle de Guadalupe in Mexico, L.A. Cetto’s Chenin Blanc (2012 if you can get it, but they’re all good) is great with turkey or game birds. Also anything from Lechuza’s small collection —available at HEB/Central Market and TJ’s I think— are game…

1) Lists! Lists! Lists! Even if you’re not a planning person or a person with anxiety, making lists of All The Things Under Your Control (shopping, prep schedules, fridge space and serving dish schematics, etc) will make the actual physical work less stressful and more efficient. Any prep that can be done while…

No, it’s so they can pick up extra work selling stuff to gringos at the event.

Ensenadense here. We’re not excited, we’re just like any other city hosting a major event that promises to be loud and disruptive: we want your money and then we want you to leave (and take your mess with you) so we can go back to enjoying our quiet city without the traffic, the casually racist drunk white guys, and…

it’s pretty much the definition of a Sometimes Food but it’s ridiculous in all the best ways. Just make a mornay sauce with a ton of pepper jack instead of gruyere, stir in a bunch of wilted spinach (I guess you could use frozen if you drained it) toss in some chopped pickled jalapenos and a splash of the brine, dump…

I think you asked an honest question so let me tell you an honest story.

Once upon a time I was having some apple pie at a bakery in a Mexican town famous for its apple pies. The sign was literally an enormous foam apple pie, the walls were covered with photos of apple pies and the pastry case held nothing but apple…

Cosigned. We did a just-the-two-of-us Thanksgiving last year and it was a revelation. We did our standard roast chicken with potatoes, but added a tray of cornbread dressing, cranberry relish (well really tejocote relish because cranberries aren’t really a thing here and tejocote has a similar fruity tartness) cheesy…

Short answer is if you’re happiest with your slow cooker then stick with that. They both have pros and cons for me but the biggest IP pro for me is the smell.

To me personally this is another case of It’s Not the Crime It’s The Cover-Up. I think I’d be a lot more forgiving if he’d come out and was honest about it, especially because he’s one of the few comedians talented enough to figure out a way to pull it off (no pun intended) in a way that addressed it openly and…

I am on board with this. Also a good fruit salad is a thing of beauty during a heavy meal. I like it after the main course because it gives a bit of sweet brightness that caps the main meal nicely while giving everyone time to digest and breathe before dessert. My most successful and most easily made-ahead goes like…

• How strongly attached to turkey are you? If I’m making Thanksgiving dinner (which as the only person in my family who grew up with the tradition, I am) then it is important, but I also know how to cook a damn bird. If I’m invited to a non-chef’s house then I’d rather have whatever their surefire hit is. I’m just here…

DO NOT EVEN JOKE I WOULD DIE

There was an article somewhere (pre-Lemonade) suggesting the reason Bey won’t ever be a great actor is because great actors have to show vulnerability and messiness as part of the process which is at odds with the Beyonce brand of perfection and privacy. I think it was a fair argument at the time, but’ll be…