Do you know why this doesn’t work?

Physics, too. Like, try creaming butter when there is more than just sugar in the bowl. Or see what happens to a cheesecake when you don’t add the eggs one at a time.

It’s amazing how definitive regional foods are, as well as how recognizable. Californian-Mexican is very different than TexMex, but they’re also drastically different from New Mexican or Colorado-Mexican and all of the above are different than cuisines from the regions in Old Mexico. Food and culture and how they…

Sometimes the worst places have the best food. The seediest local dive-bar in my area had the unquestionably best wings anywhere in town. Big, fresh, crispy and perfectly sauced. 

I’m a contrarian with WandaVision. I thought it started annoyingly got better in the middle and went off the deep end at the end. Full disclosure, I’m a MCU fanboy and I’m fine with both characters in the films but they both irritated the hell out of me in the show. I also think the TV imitations/tributes were…

WandaVision started off well but I think it came apart a bit at the end. Enough for it to not be #1 for a few reasons.

Pretty sure the “soft troll” is saying In-N-Out fries are anything but bad. Everyone knows the best In-N-Out locations are across from a McD’s so you can get a burger and cross the street for fries. Everyone has already schooled you on how to make the best fries, so we don’t even need to go into that. The burgers are…

Aside from sharing the same floor─which is an amazing detail─this is 4/5 places I’ve ever been with “Asian” and “buffet” in the name. I expect a shoddy koi pond and a sign telling me not to throw coins in, and I’m concerned if it’s not there.

We’ve got a funny relationship with fruit cakes in America. Generations of shitty ones scarred us for good.

This is a nice bunch, nothing annoying so far. Happy to see a Paisan in the lineup and I always like the contrast of a youngster vs a seasoned baker. Jürgen’s Mini Swiss rolls—did I dream this or did Noel actually take one and look like he might eat it? I assumed he was a Breatharian... Anyway good start and looking…

Potato buns or GTFO.

I find that people overthink burgers and hotdogs way too much. Burgers and hotdogs are what makes America great, they can be whatever you want them to be. You want to eat them dry as fuck with nothing on them? Hey no skin off my back. You want to stack everything under the sun on them Dagwood style? Be my guest. There…

I wouldn’t mind seeing some experiments on what adjacent toppings prevent firmer items from sliding out, e.g. onions, pickles, etc.

Sauce against the bun only makes sense if it’s an oily ingredient (mayo, chimichurri, aioli, sour-cream-based dressing, etc.) to prevent the meat or tomato juices from turning the bun to paste. Keep really wet items like tomatoes as far from the bun as possible, like under the lettuce. I wouldn’t mind seeing some…

Peanut butter kisses!

Any fries made from fresh potatoes suffer from this. When they’re fresh out of the fryer, they are God’s own gift; let them cool down and they are lukewarm greasy potato sludge, and revolting.

Five Guys is the last place I’d go for a burger. It’s overpriced, and not worth the upcharge.

Yes! The Snack Wrap, which I believe is still available. 

The most common way to use up leftover ham is eating it straight out of the fridge at any hour of the night and as a snack while deciding what non-ham thing to get out of the fridge.

Soup. The one year we got a small Honeybaked ham for Christmas, I made the best split-pea soup out of the bone and leftovers. It’s also good for lentil or white bean soup.