You’re absolutely right about the salad. I tend to bring either a nice roasted vegetable soup or a crunchy, crisp salad, loaded with candied pecans or walnuts, creamy gorganzola, and pears. It always ends up finished. I like your salad a lot. I may try making this one instead of my standard.

Being treated like gold. Seriously. My laundromat. I always tip. And my clothes are done first and done well. I am greeted with a smile, they immediately know where everything is. It’s nice. And during the holidays, I stick a $50 in the tip jar. My FreshDirect deliveries also. I tip probably 2x the norm, and again,…

Will this new update on iOS 11 undue the pure fuckery that they’ve turned the apple podcast app into? I have two friends practically weeping at what they did, so I’m holding on to iOS 10 until I have no other choice.

My favorite canned bean is both a brand and then several versions. Goya for all canned beans. They’re never mushy and always taste great. I always have on hand kidney, chick peas, and cannellini beans.

My most recent salad addiction, which is very satisfying and delicious is also maybe not the healthiest. One ripe tomato that actually tastes good. One largish head of white endive. Many many slivers of parm-reg (not grated, use a vegetable peeler). Olive oil, a bit of red wine vinegar, lots of salt and pepper. this…

I look forward to seeing her next season. I love her. And for Miley to please, please, please go away.

I am deeply devoted to my Kindle. I’ve had pretty much every version since the beginning and think the Oasis is probably the best Kindle ever made. I’ll pass on the new version though. I spent way too much on V1 to shell out for V2.

I just now tried it using bottled iced unsweetened Starbuck’s coffee, Pepsi, and a dollop of half and half over ice. It was delicious. I mean, seriously delicious. I made four people at my office taste it too. They agreed. Plus, maybe the carbonation or whatever, but the caffeine hit hits hard and fast. This will be…

What was your very first cookbook? My very first cookbook was the Sex and the Single Girl cookbook, found in the trash room of my apartment building when I was 10 or 11 years old. I still make the same basic potato salad from that book, almost 49 years later.

I am so happy you will be visiting the Instant Pot. I use it a lot, though admittedly, usually for more than a couple of chicken thighs, but am very interested to see about using it to make smaller food.

Clowns are scary AF and have always been scary AF. I am told that even as a toddler at the circus, I screamed when the clowns came on. And kept screaming. We had to leave the show. I stand by that same attitude today.

• What kind of lunch-carrying container do you use? Totally depends on what I’m bringing in. I’m a big fan of Lock and Lock containers since absolutely nothing leaks out. I also have some really cute Bentgo stuff. I also keep my stuff separate. If I’m having a sandwich, bread goes in a sandwich bag, and…

This is what we do in my family. My dad did it, my mom did it, I’m doing it, at least half of my brothers and sisters are doing it. It is a kindness both to the family and the world. No funeral expenses for the family, everything is taken care of (cremation, storing, basic scattering), and for the world. Yeah, maybe…

I am not a violent person. I’ve been pretty much a kumbayah chick all my life. But I’d definitely smack that woman, and I don’t blame the guy for doing so either.

Ahh, you made it with skirt steak. The very best most delicious steak, arguably the only steak that needs no sauce because of said deliciousness. That said, I’d totally do this. Honestly, it’s the one piece of meat that’s never dawned on me to sauce. Maybe I need to change that.

They are insanely expensive here. Just checked the place around the corner. $2.99 for a small Haas.

Yes, that’s what I was saying. That it’s so cheap to make at home, it makes no sense to me to shell out what they ask for in a restaurant. I mean, I get cheap ingredients that require effort, but this is just toast with smashed avocado and maybe some pumpkin seeds or something.

I do not understand why avocado toast is so expensive. Even here, in NYC, you can get a decent avocado for $3 or so, and really good bread is very easy to come by. Yet the cheapest I’ve seen them put together is $14.95. They are tasty, but even I, who will happily blow a fortune on a long list of very frivolous…

The pieces of lobster are bigger and it’s on a toasted, buttered hot dog roll. I LOVE a good lobster roll, but it’s not the same thing as a regular sandwich.

Ooooh, I love these!