One of the holiday memories we revisit most often for laughs and nostalgia is my grandpa’s tendency to build fires that were hotter than the sun. We did holidays in the basement at their house, which had stone/tile floors, and he was constantly worried that the kids would be cold, so he would build a fire so hot that…

I don’t think the interpretations are necessarily mutually exclusive, though. In fact, I think they’re likely meant to both be present. He was absolutely gaslighting her, and she was absolutely overreacting to a perceived slight and wasn’t able to accurately express (or perhaps even properly identify) her feelings.

For me it wasn’t the “fuck the patriarchy” so much as the “The idea you had of me, who was she? A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel, whose shine reflects on you.” that made me a little sus of these lyrics having been written 10 years ago. While in some respects, Swift has often written more maturely than her age, that…

“Forever and Always” is one of my favorites, and I found it to be one of the songs on Fearless (Taylor’s Version) that lost a little something in the re-record. There’s a kind of manic energy to that song that I love, that she just doesn’t have anymore, most likely because she’s just not that mad any more. I feel like…

People LOVE to bag on the “You Belong With Me” song/video, but to me it’s one of her absolutely most relatable songs (and girlfriend has a buttload of relatable songs). The extremely teenage desire to cast the person your crush is in love with as bad and inferior to you is certainly not among the most admirable of…

The milk-braised pork bucatini at Girl and the Goat is one of the most delicious dishes I’ve ever had in my life. I’m VERY much looking forward to trying this one, thank you Allison!

Great advice, Claire! I was so happy that Chicago’s Green City extended their farmers’ market for 3 more weeks so I can get a lot of my stuff from there. I got some killer Michigan cranberries last year and am hoping they’re as good this year! I also ordered a smoked turkey from Paulina Meat Market because I live in…

I bought the Pok Pok cookbook thinking I was going to start this big Thai cooking journey, and immediately found out that many/most of the recipes require specialized kitchenware, like two different mortar and pestles, a rice cooker, a sticky rice set, etc, and was like well, this is not the cookbook for me. (This is…

Now THIS take I can get behind! I’m here for being mean to candy, not people, and I’ve been saying for years that Easter candy is the superior candy. Cadbury Mini Eggs alone (the kind with the crunchy sugar shell) are worth all more than all Halloween candies combined. Every Easter Monday I hit up Walgreens and buy…

I recently made the NYT White Bean Hummus with Tahini & Coriander, and just ate it for lunch on toast, topped with cherry tomatoes, cucumber and kalamata olives, and it’s fucking outstanding. So good I made it again last Sunday and have been eating it with marinated artichokes subbed for cucumber (because I didn’t…

Same. I always ask for it on the side, because I like a very thin layer, but no more, and some places just overload it on there.

I do this with pretty much all fries that are delivered, and it works like a charm. Some styles of fry work better than others, but the air fryer has vastly improved my at-home fry consumption, both in reheating and in cooking from frozen. 

Yeah, I love The Takeout mostly because they’re usually a brief respite from the constant internet shit-talking, but not today, I guess.

I am a crab-ass who has many pet peeves, but food snobbery is one of my biggest ones. JUST LET PEOPLE LIKE THINGS.

For one, because cider has twice the calories as one of these things. And for me, personally, because cider gives me instant acid reflux and hard seltzer does not. LOL

“...I still cannot find a friggin’ bottle of TB’s Fire sauce anywhere.”

One of the meals I get every time I’m home in Omaha is from a restaurant called Block 16, and it’s a poutine burrito. “Shaved steak, farm table curds, tots, B16 gravy, malt vinegar aioli”. It’s an absolute joy to eat it at the restaurant, when the tots are still crispy and the texture is sublime. But also the flavor…

That’s interesting, because one of the places I’d seen do it changed it to “sammies” (also awful)...I wonder if that’s because someone pointed out that a “sando” was a totally different thing?

I really hate these cutesy abbreviations, but I especially agree with Lillian’s point about menus. I’ve seen like 5 restaurants lately that use “sando” instead of “sandwich” and I refuse to use it while ordering because I feel like a moron.

No, but I think improved signage at the bar will help some people, at least, from buying the drink in the first place. Since you can generally bring beverages you buy inside the airport onto planes, most people assume you can bring your to-go drinks as well. If you knew at the bar you couldn’t bring it onboard, it…