Do you hate the core concept of buffalo wings? Ultimately, to me it just means ‘chicken + hot sauce’ (probably Frank’s) in whatever format. I’m sorry your SIL somehow manages to fuck up this unassailable combination.

My partner has a relative that I find to be Very Extra, but she almost always brings a big pyrex dish of buffalo chicken dip to parties so she’s great.

“Phytoestrogens” usually refers to a number of isoflavone molecules which naturally occur in many plant products. Isoflavones belong to a category called flavonoids which are usually considered desirable in a diet due to their antioxidant activity. Early studies, which unfortunately got a lot of press, didn’t do a…

I see your other post too - it’s greenest and tastiest for sure...but unfortunately pretty nutritionally void, compared to the others :(

Can sweet Bobby get slightly more screen time? Guy is HUSTLING behind the scenes while the other four get prime time with the participant they’re working on. Bobby is underrated.

I need to start with the preface that my areas of expertise have nothing to do with environmental/ecological science, so any opinions I have on the relative eco-friendliness of different ‘milks’ are mostly from a consumer perspective. Most of the information I’ve seen about environmental impact relates to water use,…

....what did it taste like, though? I’m morbidly curious. My motherland has collectively gone bananas for a ‘pulled oats’ product that is apparently a delicious meat substitute but I have not actually tasted either of these new oat things.

I’m still out here stanning hard for soy milk, the OG alt-milk for lactose intolerant bellies. Soy milk is Good Actually and has a much better nutritional profile than rice milk or the newer nut-based milks. DO NOT COME AT ME ABOUT PHYTOESTROGENS - I’m a plant scientist, y’all, I’ve seen the actual literature, and I’m…

I agree with all of this. Eating the vegetables as they are is much more pleasurable to me - they actually have nice flavours individually, so blending them into submission to chug down has always seemed weird. I will happily drink a carrot/beet/apple/ginger situation if I’m out for bougie brunch but I prefer my…

I was offline for much of the weekend and missed a lot of the earlier discussions re: the wedding dress fashion. A bit embarrassing, but I legit whooped when I saw it. I’m planning my wedding very veryyy veryyyy slowly (i.e. there is no date set, so ‘planning’ really means ‘browsing around to establish…

Truthfully, I didn’t really care all that much one way or another before the attempted dirt-digging started. NOW, I love her. Look at this video, she’s a sweet baby angel!

I missed this! I think I’ve read almost everything else that’s referenced in this piece around that time....but this synthesis is excellent. Thanks for posting it.

Being a long-time Grimes fan is real trying lately. (Not making fun, commiserating.) TBH I’m also kind of side-eyeing this pairing because of all the pieces where his ex-wives talk about him being difficult at best...and I hope this all works out ok.....but wowowowooww people are READY to project some shit all over…

Which album, Visions? Grimes has kind of had an interesting progression in that she was teaching herself how to do basically everything on the fly (including the production, there was no ‘team’ assembling it for her). The first few projects are pretty lo-fi and rough (which I like because it kind of blends…

I’ve seen this comment online a few times (re: Grimes going blonde) and it puzzles me. Like, yes, his ex-wife said that, but Grimes has had pretty much every single hair colour over the years/is also naturally dark blonde. A change in that would mean approximately nothing, IMO.

Totally agreed re: the last line. I’ve said it here on Jez before, but I’m a vain glutton. The only way I know to reconcile those two impulses is to go hard on the green veg. Toss them in a little something delicious and fatty, absolutely, but ultimately, that plate is gonna be mostly broccoli or cabbage or salad…

Unless these guys are the exception, no good for me - shipping plants internationally is a real hassle. I’ve been obsessed with this circular-leaf variety of Hoya for a long while but I’ve never found a Canadian source, or one willing to ship up here :(

I’m on the verge of buying a lime tree - citrus flowers smell incredible.

I’m both happy and annoyed by the newly-trendy nature of having a zillion plants. I’ve had as many as my apartment allowed for my entire adult life, peaking at around 70 when I lived in a third floor 1bdr walk-up with great skylights about 5-ish years ago. The basement apartment years were dark times (very literally)…

FWIW I agree with you. Like LET US HAVE THIS ONE SPACE where I don’t have to pretend it’s cute or clever. I’m not offended and I think Masshole James is generally A Good Poster but yeah. I’m just tired.