Thank you for this. I went from smoking 2 packs of Newport 100's a day to vaping only, juice at 0.3 nicotine levels (the lowest next to zero). Yeah, I still vape, but it is no where near as damaging as the smoking was. From the day I made the switch, I haven’t picked up a cigarette. My sister did the same, and has…

A Nathan’s dog from an actual Nathan’s is a beautiful thing. And they have the most amazing fries. There used to be one in Greenwich Village on 8th street, had to have been, like, 50 years ago. I still remember it. Coney Island is great. They have those mini-Nathan’s at highway food stops. They suck. All of them.
I…

Okay, here’s my take on this. First, yes, I’d love him to be the bachelor, but from the second he told his sad story to Hanna about his girlfriend losing their baby and him not being there for her, I knew he’d never get it. Why wasn’t he there? Did they break up? Did he leave her?  Was he stationed somewhere? What…

Do it, do it, do it.  Trust me on this.

Mickey Rourke was always a monster. You remember him regularly beating the shit out of his then wife, Carre Otis?  

I don’t currently have any cheapskate friends. I used to. And I made them go away. Because it’s not just that cheapskates are cheapskates, it’s that they also want way more than their share of the pie. It takes a certain mentality. Frugal or broke is not a cheapskate.  Cheap is having the money and not buying the…

I am insufferable in this regard. Hot food belongs on hot plates, cold food on chilled plates. In that I do this in my own home, even for just me, that fact that plenty of so-called “great” restaurants do not do so makes me crazy.

Oh gosh, fried spam and cheese sandwiches on squooshy white bread with mustard. I believe this actually did quite well on one of Claire’s shameful food concoction lists.  It’s so damned good, though maybe one has to grow up in spam land to appreciate it’s amazingness.

Ummm, where’s the Rao’s marinara? I generally make my own sauce, and even make my own Rao’s (the cookbook worth every penny, just for the sauce), but it’s out there, available, ready to buy all over the place, and is absolutely delicious.

God no.  I asked for the manager and had it taken off my bill.  

My favorite use of beer in cooking is a bottle of Guinness in an Instant Pot Corned Beef. Just throw in the Guinness, put the corned beef on the trivet, cover with the spice pack, High pressure 70 to 80 minutes depending on thickness.  Natural release.  Done.  Perfect.

My two times-

I am a very good tipper.  That said, yeah, there’s definitely times a server doesn’t deserve a tip. There have been two occasions where I did not tip, and both instances were so horrible I still get pissed off thinking about them.  But it’s only been those two.  I’ve waited tables.  I was awful and went home crying…

I am so there for this. Clearly, it’s not going to be an actual Golden Girls remake, thank god, but I love the basic premise. I’m an older lady, I like watching older ladies, but not when it’s some horrible Diane Keaton cheerleader movie. (Diane, you really didn’t need to do it, did you?)

I love Jane Lynch, Cindy…

About once a month I do zero grocery shopping. There’s more than enough food in there to live for the week. May not be exactly what I want sometimes, but it saves me a bundle.

I am a regular meal batcher. I make two big-ish things a week and just plain live on them with a couple extras thrown in. I also don’t have to worry about cooking for anyone else, so I’m all about the selfish cookery. And I am blessed with the ability to eat pretty much the same thing every single day, as long as I…

Yes, I eat my favorite thing first, though often mixed with stuff.  Like I’m a big fan of mashed potatoes on the same fork as my medium rare skirt steak.  The veg can wait its turn.

Oh my gosh yes, I LOVE that cookbook. I ended up getting the 50th anniversary edition because the one my mom gave me was falling apart at the seams.

I make two potato salads. The one I learned to make when I was 11 years old and which I still love, but then I also make the greatest potato salad in the world (it being very specifically to my taste. Boiled small new potatoes, skins on. Cut, depending on size, into halves or quarters. Lengthwise quartered kalamata…

Honestly, I think Leslie Jones is one of the least entertaining members of SNL.  The woman can’t even delivery a few lines without messing them up.  There are so many better players on that team.  I’m delighted that McKinnon will be staying on.