Circa 2005 I bought a fondue set at Urban Outfitters. We invited two couples over (no swinging!) and had an absolute blast. This did pre-date smartphones so we engaged with each other for several hours as we moved through the bread to the meats and finally the chocolate course, and while messy, totally worth it. We…

Top 5 favorite actresses of my generation. Adore her.

Easy and delicious. Had plenty of powdered sugar left so stored it for next confectionary, no reason not to. 

It is not an easy watch, but one of my favorite cinematic moments of all time is the scene where they do the Charleston into the pool. When George tells Mary “I’m not very good at this” and then perfectly executes it, cracks me up every time.

I reverse that. Watched It’s a Wonderful Life last night while doing my cards, I own the DVD and watch every year. Now that my son is old enough, a Christmas Story has become required watching, but I only half watch.

I just made a test batch as I plan to serve it to guests tomorrow. Amazing, thank you for putting this in my life. Found everything at this great asian market in our town, I am not a huge mayo fan but Kewpie is pretty damn tasty! And I am now a potato starch convert. I am serving the chicken with Pea Tendril Salad…

My son and I are doing cookies tonight, think I am going to have to make these. At the moment I am test batching the Karaage chicken recipe.

Anchor is the absolute best, I look forward to consuming it every December. It is like a meal, though.

I’ve been to the Gorey museum on the Cape a couple times now, not a huge place but some great artifacts in there. Looking forward to this book, my mother would love it.

Ha. I feel you completely. Right after college, I lived with my first husband in a cabin his mom owned near a lake in Blowing Rock, N.C. The house was completely taken over by mice. They were everywhere, and somehow my two cats and his siamese always chased but never seemed to kill them. I would awake in the middle of…

That works - thank you!

It’s so lovely with tea, it’s pretty popular in Ireland for that reason. Never baked one myself, would love to know her recipe. I’ll have to check to see if there is a version in my Great British Christmas Baking Book.

That is one of the funniest headlines ever. Love, a Tar Heel

Mmm, siracha, interesting. I’m gonna try that today. A have a nice ripe tomato on hand, too. It’s not cheap but italian tuna like Tono is the way to go.

Whoever wrote this song for her lifted heavily from Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Forbidden Colours, one of my favorite songs ever.

Tuna, dill relish or capers, vegenaise, dijon mustard, dried dill, minced onion on good quality bread. Add sliced soft-boiled egg if you want to do it Saltie style.

I love to make pies, much moreso than cakes. IMO the crust is absolutely the best part of the pie, and there is never enough of it, so while making the crust for a my Maple Pecan pie this year, I did a double instead of single, and made a good heavy edge around the deep dish. There was a bit of dough leftover, enough…

I saw the exhibit in Brooklyn, made me weepy, it was so moving. Wish it would be permanently installed there.

Donated.

A true measure of whether it will work with a significant other (for me) is their level of adoration for the Coen Brothers.