If I can find it near me (that’s a big if; there’s not a single BevMo or Total Wine in Montana) and it’s not too expensive, I’ll definitely take that into consideration.

I’ve never had Irish whiskey before; tonight that’s going to be the next step in my “trying every category of booze and cocktails I can” journey (a journey that has seen significant stagnation as I keep drinking Moscow mules and little else). So I’m super pumped.

I’ve been thinking about this for a few weeks, and I think I’ve realized why there are such diametrically opposed views on this matter: There is a fundamental difference between a cooking blog and a cookbook. People read cooking blogs for inspiration and education and ideas, but cookbooks are more nuts and bolts, for…

This soap opera of a story just gets worse and worse... and I can’t wait to see how it plays out.

At its core, the idea of “flamin’ hot mac and cheese” is a good one. The boxed stuff you can buy is just fine. But, as you pointed out, the dominant ingredient in cheetos of any sort is corn. I think if they sold straight-up flamin’ hot powder in the seasoning aisle, that would be a much better solution for the vast…

I have it narrowed down to either 2009 (I lost a ton of time to both Left 4 Dead 2 and Minecraft) or 2015 (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Super Mario Maker, which also ate up an absolute ton of my time). There have definitely been years with more good games, but I can’t think of any that hit me quite the…

There’s basically no reason whatsoever to stick with LastPass at this point. Bitwarden is still free and quite good, and LastPass Premium just isn’t nearly as polished as other similarly-priced options such as 1Password. As far as I’m concerned, LastPass gave up their only meaningful market advantage by eliminating…

I dunno if I agree that shitposts are necessarily about derailing or provoking. Oftentimes, they’re just meant to be amusing, albeit amusing through stupidity. Done well, they’re an form of art.

I need to look into whether my plates are oven-safe. I’m not exactly sure what my fiancée ordered us for this Valentine’s Day (it was supposed to be a surprise but I was doing some budgeting; oops!), but I would definitely like to make this as nice and fancy as possible.

Honestly, takeout dates can be super romantic. Get your house nice and clean and decorated, put on the good tablecloth, dim the lights, maybe light a couple candles... You can put together a really good atmosphere with minimal effort, and the lack of crowd noise all around makes it far more intimate than a restaurant…

I know many people will call this sacrilegious, but I just don’t like egg yolks that are still even a bit runny. I don’t want them all dry and powdery either, but that sweet spot when it’s still a bit wobbly but not drippy at all, that’s perfect to me. Crispy edges from lots of butter or oil is just an added bonus :)

Now if only I could find good, meaty wings in any of my local grocery stores’ meat departments. Sometimes it seems like all the plumpest wings get snagged up by companies that use them in bulk (major chain restaurants, frozen bagged pre-sauced “party wings”, etc) and all that’s left to just buy freshish is puny ones.

I will never use buttermilk in mashed potatoes. I have had too many buttermilk mashed potatoes over the years and I will be tired of it for the rest of my life.

A few days late, but I hope not so late as to disqualify me, because I think you’re gonna love this one, and it’s definitely a bit outside the box. I call it Nacho Chili, and it breaks all the rules of what even qualifies as chili, but I love it.

You know what annoys me? Buffalo sauce packets. Specifically, Burger King has pretty decent chicken nuggets, as chicken nuggets go, but their buffalo sauce does not resemble what buffalo sauce is supposed to be at all. It’s sweet and creamy, that’s not remotely buffalo. Conversely, McDonald’s has a pretty decent…

As someone who is allergic to maple, it makes me deeply happy to see this recipe doesn’t have any. 

No amount of cacio e pepe recipes on the internet will stop me from making boxed mac and cheese with some hot dogs cut into it and a shit load of pepper on a regular basis. Now THAT is an easy pasta recipe.

What if chicken breast is one of my favorite things? It may not be the fanciest, but given the choice, I will almost always pick it over pork and many cuts of beef.

My solution is to have spent the last few years repeatedly forgetting that I already had mayonnaise and buying more. I’ve got several jars, unopened, that I swear I didn’t mean to hoard. I’m just an idiot, is all.

Okay, but I’m adding Fireball to coffee and you can’t stop me.