How about pork steaks. I’m from St. Louis, and I’ve eaten a lot of pork steaks in my life. Some are good, some...well, not so good. It seems like this tough, cheap cut of meat could benefit from the sous vide treatment. You could finish by throwing them on he grill with a good coat of BBQ sauce or pop under the…

This apple pie recipe with sos vide apples is sort of a pain in the ass to make, but totally worth it. Don’t let the term ‘gooey’ put you off. It’s not gelatinous and gloppy, the apples are just lightly coated with thickened juices.

Your family members are monsters.

I also think there’s some space between ‘must eat dinner together every evening of every week’ and everyone eating at separate times. Weekdays can be hectic, so we always try to have dinner at home together on Friday and Sunday nights, and eat at a restaurant together on Saturday. We usually eat at home together on…

Agreed. If I found myself in the position of a celebrity being asked about social issues in an interview, I would deflect and evade, deflect and evade. I would treat every conversation like it was Thanksgiving with my elderly family members and the topic was politics. No matter what you say, someone is going to get…

Hmm...maybe we should suggest they take a hunting trip together. You know...just a couple of NRA-supporting buddies having some bonding time....With guns.

Many grocery stores sell them. Sometimes in the cookie aisle, usually on the top shelf. Some stores stock them near the ice cream with the cones and toppings and such. They are really good alongside a bowl of ice cream.

I love lentil salads. My favorite is an adaptation of a Dean and Deluca recipe:

Your ‘salad’ terrifies me, but LGB!

Happy to see someone else who doesn’t like arugula. I try to like it, and I can tolerate it in small quantities, but it’s just not my thing.

I’m gonna call it a spinach and feta, and I’m also gonna recommend adding some sliced strawberries and maybe some sliced almonds for fun.

If he’s faking incompetence, he’s incredibly good at it. When we first started dating, he would sometimes make dinner for me. Unless he was running a really long game (some years from now when we’ve married and Wife wants me to help with the cooking, she has to think I have no idea what I’m doing) he truly doesn’t…

Oh, my goodness! That’s so scary! Is your boy OK?

So if a kid does have some sort of episode in the water and suffers some sort of distress, but is ‘minimally symptomatic,’ should the default action be to get them checked out by a medical professional, just to be sure? I’d gladly pay an urgent care/ER co-pay for the peace of mind of hearing a doctor say the kid’s…

I hosted a dinner party a few weeks ago. I hadn’t done that in ages, except for extended family, and it was so much fun! My personal tip: make-ahead recipes are your friends. There is nothing more stressful than trying to get a bunch of last-minute, temperature-sensitive items on your table at once while a bunch of…

I think the toughest thing is being part of a ‘mixed’ family. I don’t get depressed in the summer, but I hate the heat and humidity and too much bright sun gives me a vicious migraine. My husband on the other hand, looooves summer...endless sunshine, melting heat and all. Vacation planning can be a battle because of…

The one on Michigan Ave. in Chicago is totally bonkers, and I kind of love it. Of course there are too many great places to eat in Chicago to waste a meal on Cheesecake Factory, but I have to recommend stopping in to take a look at it if you’re in the neighborhood.

I’ll agree that Gold Peak is tolerable, and the one I get if I’m desperate for tea. However, I live in KY, and a lot of places only have the sweetened versions. I’m always grateful when I find the orange label.

I love both, actually, and usually start off my day with iced coffee and drink iced tea for the rest of the day.

Yeah...how sad is it that I read the headline and looked at the picture and thought...Gosh! She looks SO pretty!