100% would watch.

That’s awesome—it’s always driven me nuts that the chefs on Top Chef will sometimes announce to the judges—before they try the dish—that something had gone afoul in their planning/execution of said dish. Ok, sometimes that’s plain as day without even needing to say a word, but a lot of times the judges point out, WE…

When I am cooking dinner, I pretend I’m hosting my own Food Network show.

Or waxed paper cones with the tip snipped off. My mom decorates cakes all the time and it’s her go to for small amounts of frosting. Start with a triangle and roll up then snip the tip. And you can use tips in the waxes paper a bit easier than a zip lock. The paper has a bit more structural integrity while the bag is…

Yeah I was just gonna say, if we are talking “a fast-acting balm that eases anxiety and gently puts me to sleep,” nothing beats the Great British Baking Show.

I love Mary Berry, if that is her real name then it is like she came from the world of Strawberry Shortcake and that means she is more perfect than perfect.

Mary Berry is AMAZING. Have you seen her Easter special from last year? It’s so good, and the bit where she and the Archbishop of Canterbury discuss over simnel cake what Easter means to them as parents who have lost children fucked me UP. I came for the recipes and ended up genuinely in tears.

Sucks that FN’s greed is costing us Barefoot Contessa episodes. Not surprised to hear that Ina is a savvy business woman. Before becoming a domestic goddess, she got an MBA and worked for the Ford and Carter administrations writing budget and policy papers on nuclear centrifuge. She’s one smart cookie. Her husband is…

Mary Berry or GTFO.

***I loved her attitude about serving whatever she cooked, even if it turned out badly, and never admitting or explaining that anything was amiss.

A friend of mine answered this very question for me not too long ago... he said they don’t air it as often and don’t promote it as much because she is a savvy business woman who didn’t sign over everything to the Food Network. The other shows all have publishing and promotional deals that financially benefit FN. Ina…

They have Tates at Costco and they’re OK. I’d substitute Nabisco chocolate wafers. Now I have to make that damned cake. Fortunately, I have espresso powder leftover from some other adventure.

I know how to cook, and I can bake when forced to do so. What I want is to snuggle in a comfy chair while Ina cooks for me while cooing about what she’s doing.

I love the shit out of Barefoot Contessa. She cooks in my dream kitchen without regard for costs. I live vicariously through her. Cooking beef bourguignon and puff pastries while your favorite gays throw together a beautiful tablescape and floral arrangement? How fabulous is that? I wondered why she hasn’t had many…

the tates alone cost me $18

Sorry, but vintage videos of Julia Child doing her thing are still the best. Between her “surprised owl” voice, her infectious enthusiasm and her willingness to admit that even the best-planned dishes can get f’ed up, she’s still the best.

Don’t buy piping bags, just snip a corner off a zip lock! Ok so you might get some air bubble nonsense but it still tastes good..

That Mocha Ice Box cake is really amazing though (and no baking required!). But get ready to spend some cash on marscapone, espresso powder, kahlua, cocoa powder, and Tate’s cookies, among other things.

Reminder that penis pumps cost the U.S. government’s Medicare program $172 million between 2006 and 2011, about twice as much as the consumer would have paid at the retail level.

Between this and congressman who doesn’t think that men should have to pay for prenatal care, it’s very clear that these changes are being proposed because they themselves are not impacted.