Thanos as Brad from the Goonies is INSPIRED

The most expensive thing is my Staub dutch oven. It is pretty big and was over $600 (I think) at The Bay. I put it on my wedding registry thinking “no one will buy this but what the hey” but lo and behold, my friend did and it is practically the most beloved thing in my kitchen. I love it so much.

Uh I guess I take a look every time I go to the bathroom (I pee a lot) and reapply if needed. And the way my mouth is I don’t get lipstick on my teeth, thank God.

Happy Thursday to everyone else in the world!

Claire, if you don’t mind me asking, how many iterations in average do you do of a recipe before posting it? How much tweaking?

Your typos are giving me life. I will now refer to Hart House and Fort York as Hot House and Fork York from now On 

I made it and it was pretty good! It’s my first time making that type of crust so it didn’t shape well but the taste was right. I am now very excited about condensed milk custards!

What did everyone have for dinner? I had porkchops and rice with a Thai sauce from Bon appetit that is technically a marinade but it’s so good I just drenched all the food in it.

Toronto is playing with backyard chicken by-laws and some areas are having a test run. My mom grew up on a farm so I really hope her neighbourhood gets it next. For her. Yeah. Not just cause I want fresh eggs.

I adore the Ottolenghi books. I even got his super-fancy NOPI that he fully admits is not for home cooks because they don’t have the resources and space and economy of scale that a restaurant has. I saw this at the bookstore so now it’s on order.

That book sounds amazing and my type of weird I need it now

A Pat McGrath lipstick ALSO brought me to my VIB Rouge status this year. But they’re $54 up here. I got one of the matte ones. I’ve been eyeing that exact Major Red (I’m a red lipstick slut) but it’s hard to find good swatches and they’re not sold in store here.

But what does Jolie Kerr say?

I WANT THE MONSTERS

I like the idea of eShakti but it would require a currency exchange, extra shipping charges, and duties as it crossed the border. That adds significantly to the cost. And if something is wrong it’s that much more to ship it back/fixed/reshipped with more duties.

This is all well and good except I’m plus-size so if I like something and it fits me, by God I am TAKING IT because who knows when such a miracle will ever happen again???

Well, the written word was, depending on the quality of the erotica ;)

I kinda like that Mickey and Minnie. They have character

She was going through a divorce.

I’m a 40-42 B and that is a unicorn. Big chest small boobs. And “extenders” don’t help that much since they end up digging in. *sigh*