My Italian-American grandma was a great cook who almost always used the green bottle Kraft “parmesan”. This wasn’t because she was a philistine, she was feeding a big family with only a handful of steady jobs, and she managed to turn out delicious food with the ingredients she could afford.

I would absolutely pay to see a throwdown and chairs being thrown by Camilla.  I was reminded of the Housewives scene, in the restaurant when the glass was thrown.  I can see Kate screaming "don't you talk about my husband".. 

“And I also sincerely hope that this is the last I hear of any of it.”

Are you part of the “parent out of the picture for 10 years gets to overrule everyone else, including the teen in question, about every detail of the teen’s own thoughts and experiences as long as the long-absent parent is viciously sex-essentialist enough” brigade? I think I’ve seen your friends around,…

Let’s not plush-shame.  Lord knows I have  far far FAR too many plushes I share my bed with, and one always comes with me on trips.  And WHOMST AMONG US would not have a custom toilet seat if we could.

My 40-year-old teddy had to be restuffed and re-fluffed (heh.)

This will be seen cause I’m replying to it.

He’s definitely giving us “middle aged lesbian” vibes. KMart Linda Perry.

No joke; I spotted Johnny in that pic and thought it was my mom’s aging hippie friend Patty who lived next door to us when I was ten years old. Honestly, still looking and I can barely tell the difference.

That’s why I love the NYT Pitchbot Twitter account. At one point, Matt Yglesias got very upset and whined about it. "We don't sound like that!" 

He would say, ‘You’re like Derek Jeter.’

I was thinking, the Vanderbilts? Or Cooper’s dad’s family? ‘Cause the Vanderbilts are as old as money can get in the US and there’s nothing on the Coopers.

Any photo of Iggy Pop from the early 70s shows a man with impeccably sculpted and defined musculature whose only workout was performing and chasing down whatever drugs he happened to be strung out on.

To be fair, there are good Italian restaurants in America where an Italian might not recognize the food because it’s absorbed generations of other styles of cuisine. And Italian cuisine isn’t monolithic to begin with. But whatever Olive Garden “contributed,” is just blech. At least now they refer to it as “Italian insp…

I love the various “Actual Italian tries Olive Garden for the first time!” videos on Youtube. It’s the look of mute horror that always comes over their faces when they realise that Murkans have a very different concept of what goes into marinara (clue: it’s missing something fishy) or, for maximum LOLs, watching them…

That brand of pasta is widely sold in Italy for sure..

Maybe  the same one that is doing this.

I have zero Italian ancestory, and I even felt offended on behalf of Italians, in Italy or as part of the diaspora, on the stupidity of those commercials.

One hoping for a settlement.

This is far less egregious than any time the Olive Garden tried to pass itself off as Italian food.