Now I understand. "Well you can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ‘cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!" So bad flour leads to watery tart leads to elevation to power symbolized by a very fancy cutting implement. 

That scene is all I can think of when watching Cursed.

“it is clear that she was at least conceptualizing a mask design in May, so make of that what you will.”

Yeah this seems to have been an ongoing project, and it’s been pretty good so far. Adding protein contents to all the bags, clearer descriptions of what the flours are for, sourcing and what have all came months ago.

As a fan of Information Design, I love the new look.  

Is there a sword in that scone?

I suppose it is a sign of the times that my first thought was that someone had complained the guy on the horse was a culturally insensitive stereotype of English royalty in the middle ages.

Their website is absolutely top notch. The recipes are solid and well tested, they come with measurements by volume and weight, and if there are associated blog posts they are informative and well researched, rather than obsequious and chatty or clinical and patronizing.

I have a combo air fryer and toaster oven, in other words it has a toaster setting where it’s just ambient heat from the upper and lower heating elements but you also have the high-heat convection setting for air frying. Love that damn thing.

Got my first “Radar Range” in 1975 and been mostly using them for reheating, but a friend showed me that you can make polenta using s 4:1 water to polenta ratio and microwave it for about 5 or 6 minutes.  No seizing.  Creamy, ready for whatever additions you select. 

Not going to lie, I still use their products because it takes so long to research and test the efficacy of a new product when it comes to my natural hair care. However, I am slowly going through my arsenal and trying to replace each product with something comparable made with healthy ingredients and ideally Black…

I think when smaller brands get gobbled up there is a new pressure for “shareholder value” or whatever. That leads to adopting processes and changes to ingredients that are designed on paper to cut costs, boost profits and not change the product. However often times these changes do end up changing the product. I…

It’s so true re: the quality of the SheaMoisture products.  There was also the huge marketing fail from a few years ago when SM was trying to expand its market away from being known for black hair care.  Little to none of the people in the ads were black.  They ignored their huge fanbase.

Right, that’s my takeaway as well. It’s not just that they are own my brand, Though I am selfish, I really don’t want to stop using Dove products, I genuinely like the results for the bucks. And you can pry my Knorr Caldo de Pollo from my cold, dead hands.
 

Jack LaLanne’s wife’s name was Elaine, and I think that’s great.

It’s not surprising - Unilever may be the parent business but all of brands under it are run pretty independently and have their own leadership. I am sure the quality of the leadership at the brand level varies widely. 

Which is interesting, especially as the Dove campaigns are praised for lauding “natural beauty” and all women.  

I had a similar, but somewhat different experience. As a kid, I was a straight A, gifted student, that was allowed to go to some prestigious elementary school due to my grades.

“If there are, then I stand corrected.”

I am lactose intolerant and it has never stopped me from drinking whole milk or heavy cream straight outta the carton. So much pain. I regret nothing.