Reminds me of a conversation I had with my husband about Beyoncé’s hair. He was watching a performance and asked how she got her hair to look so good. He was so surprised when I told him that it was only her hair in the sense that she paid money for it...a LOT of money I would expect. Men are so clueless sometimes.

I’ve been using Lodge steel pans for a while now, and, like cast iron, they get better with age and use. Their real advantage is that they are lighter than cast iron.

Unfortunately, I’m sure your right. Maybe one day she’ll decide getting everything out is more important than the consequences of talking. Or maybe someone can make it worth her while with a big fat check.

She certainly isn’t going to say or do anything against him for the next four years, but I really hope we get a tell-all interview with her after Trump’s out of office and their son is a little older.

That was actually not intentional, but let’s go with it.

He’s smiling for the camera! What a good boy!

I would say she’s throwing you shade, but I wouldn’t want Kara to take me to Shade Court.

Thank you for the nice things. But today, oddly, I can’t stop thinking about Melanie Trump. I wonder what goes on in her head. How does she really feel about her husband? Obviously, she married him for his money, but does she like him at all? Or does she hate him to the bone? And how does she feel about all this…

My dear old Chocolate Lab finally reached the end of her days a few months ago. It was hard, but not as hard as I expected. I really just tried to focus on the fact that she had a long (15 yrs, 5 mths) and very happy life, and that I was terribly lucky to have her at my side (and on my lap, and on my feet, and in my…

I think that’s ok. As long as you give the pits the sniff test and decide they are acceptable first. Though I wonder how you get through a whole day without any stains on your shirt. My the afternoon, I’m covered in coffee splotches and whatever I had for lunch.

I’ve never forgiven McDonald’s for getting rid of the McDLT.

This will definitely be happening soon at my house.

Yes, you forgot that women don’t spend enough time and energy on their appearance and deprive men of the hot babes they deserve.

Beef Wellington please. I’ve wondered if you could do this sous vide to get the beef just the way you want it without over cooking in the oven as you brown the crust.

Yes. Most sous vide recipes will give you a range of times. In this case, your steak will be done after two hours, but you can leave it at the same temp for an additional two hours without a negative impact on texture. Anything beyond that and it could get mushy.

I wanted to sous vide a whole duck for xmas, but the ideal temps for breast and leg meat are so different I didn’t think I could make it work.

I made soups vide duck for Xmas dinner this year. Cooked the breasts to medium then seared in a skillet. Very good, but it didn’t touch the scrumptious legs that I left in the circulator for 8 hours, lounging in spiced duck fat. Such an easy way to make duck confit.

I’ve watched these competitions on tv. These dogs are amazing!

My chocolate lab started going grey about the muzzle when she was only two. Which was, probably not coincidentally, the same time my son was born. She was super patient and loving with him, and he absolutely adored her, but I’m sure it was a big change for her no longer being the only baby in the house.

Agreed. I live in Ky and have a sort of sick curiosity about this place, but I can’t bare the thought of giving that jackass my money. Maybe they’ll have an ‘Atheists Get in Free’ day sometime.