I firmly and fully believe that grandparents should respect the wishes of the child’s parents, and that grandma was way the hell out of line here, if the mom had explicitly asked her (multiple times, apparently) not to give the children fast food.

I’ve really liked the episodes he did in Italy and in Barcelona! It was a fun change of pace, and they found some great personalities to feature.

Nebraska lost 9 games this year by one score or less. You’d drink too, if you were us.

As a dipper may I also suggest Townhouse FlipSides pretzel crackers? I serve them alongside cheese ball recipe published a few years ago, and they’re always a huge hit.

As a dipper may I also suggest Townhouse FlipSides pretzel crackers? I serve them alongside the cheese ball recipe published a few years ago, and they’re always a huge hit. https://thetakeout.com/recipe-homemade-cheese-ball-1830776586

We’re also getting what is likely our first taste of the score, a collaboration of Howard Shore and Bear McCreary. The LotR soundtrack is my favorite of all time, so I’m super excited to hear more.

I agree with this entirely. I know a ton of people these days, myself included, who follow a “flexitarian” diet, where the goal is to reduce meat consumption, not eliminate it entirely. I’ve been having fun trying different brands of plant-based nuggets, and if I lived near a KFC I’d be excited to try these.

I, too, live alone and I almost always halve soup recipes and still manage to have more soup than anyone could possibly eat.

“Brunch will have you in bed by 5 p.m. if you do it right.”

I recently found Meadowlark Organics grain shares (some of which also come with beans) and I’m thinking of doing the every other month one next year!

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…