For Christmas Eve, we stuff squid bodies with a mixture of rice, parm, anchovy paste, parsley, capers, olives, and lemon. Then you bake them in a slighty spicy, thinner based with large chunks of tomato sauce (the official technique is you get a can of whole peeled, crush the tomatoes with your hands, and drop them in…

I was under that impression as well. They all do seem to show up on various social media accounts with each other, if they have them.

We had a self-planned 6-city tour, with London being our last stop. We figured if we’d seen it in Portsmouth, Exeter, Cardiff, Edinburgh, York, and London, it was the universe telling us that maybe we needed to try it.  (Even though I don’t like to hit up American franchises when I travel.) We finally gave in and went…

I was talking to someone about this. I personally think Five Guys has the better burger, but In-N-Out’s price point is definitely better.

I’m from Virginia, so I was going to Five Guys when there were fewer than 5 locations. The first time I went to an In-N-Out, I giggled at how similar they looked inside.

My husband picked up some Beyond Burgers twice - both times, our stomachs both went into revolt. I mean, they were easy enough to cook and they tasted fine, but something in their makeup really didn’t sit well with us. Impossible burgers seem to sit fine, but that’s harder to find.

There was a restaurant here in St. Paul that had ALL the traditional ice cream cocktails that they made with house-made vanilla soft serve ice cream. So they offered grasshopper, pink squirrel, brandy alexander, golden cadillac - plus a few of their own design.

That she nearly took him out with that huge flying hug in apparent delight for his win made me legitimately teary. She and Chigs seemed so genuinely happy for him, and that was so nice to see.

FYI -

As when the still-absent Kate McKinnon trots out another of her male political impressions, this one’s not particularly lifelike to the Texas Republican and perennial right-wing troll.

I am not a huge Taylor Swift fan. I do admit she can write a hella-catchy pop-song (I do love ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”, and “Shake It Off” is totally a bop), but I think overall I’m 20 years too old for her emotional angst. And she has been in a relationship with a nice British actor who doesn’t want…

First - I did mean the resulting “syrup” from the reduction looks like a suspension. The final cream sauce looks like a cream sauce. :)

In the Twin Cities, Smack Shack does their cold lobster roll (made with lemon aioli, cucumbers, and tarragon) on griddled milk bread. It’s really, really good, since the bread looks thick here, but it’s simultaneously sturdy yet airy, and will compress nicely when you pick it up.

Here’s the actual recipe, if that’s helpful:

In his stories, he plans to do some parenting, so this is probably it.

While the initial numbers coming out of the Minnesota State Fair were kinda encouraging - so far there were only 340 official cases over 12 days and 1.3 million attendees (on top of all the people that worked/volunteered there) - the fact is our numbers won’t stop rising state-wide over a month later.

Yeah, I mean, no one who goes to Coachella puts chemicals inside their bodies. It’s so notoriously granola.

Ugh, sorry.  My final “that is IT” moment was when I was waiting for a call back from a phone triage nurse.  I was holding the phone in my hand and all of a sudden I had a voice mail notification without the phone ever ringing.  So frustrating.

Do you like it? I got a OnePlus a few years ago, and I have grown weary of the network issues that sometimes mean I get no notifications for hours, then all of a sudden, I get hit with a flood of texts and voice mails. (I have tried every hack I could find - doesn’t seem to fix it.)

I think the general concept has been out there - it’s essentially the whole 60 Minutes concept as spun by comedians. BUT, I am having a REALLY hard time with the concept that he HAD to call this “The Problem with Jon Stewart” when Wyatt’s was called “Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas.”