That one was estimated at 25 million. I can't imagine wearing that much money. And yea, it has to be so insanely heavy.

It must be. That’s awesome. It looks like it weighs a ton! I have a half carat stone (not diamond) and it makes my finger feel heavy, I can’t even imagine wearing a rock like that. She must only wear it like once a year.

I saw this last night and was like a 35 carat ring? Is that possible? So I looked it up. Here is Mila Jovavitch’s 35 carat ring.

Hah! It’s funny if you read it as if the creepy doll she’s referring to is just a child actor she worked with on set for 10 years.

I didn't think they were inherently creepy. However, I was terrified of being disrespectful towards my stuffed animals. If I was too rough with one I thought they'd all stage a coup and kill me. I was a very scared, paranoid little kid :/

For some reason I got “The Boy” confused with Ethan hawke’s “Boyhood” in my head and the title confused me further.

When I was in my early twenties and a million miles away from even thinking about marriage, I had dinner with my friend and her mother. My friend’s parents divorced when she was four and her father raised her. A few years after the divorce, her mother remarried a super wealthy man, moved out of state, and had a family…

Wait so do we have pictures of Mariah’s engagement ring yet or no? I really want to see it and they didn’t appear to be at the link.

Instagram’s nudity rules defy common sense. You can pretty much show the all the mons, but if there is one wisp of pubic hair, it’s flagged.

I’m giggling because besides the pinecone, this describes my sister’s wedding last summer in alarmingly close detail. We had plastic tables and plates, and the ring bearer was a golden retriever, but other wise, spot-on.

Wait, butts are ok on Instagram? But prominent penises covered tastefully by underwear are not okay?

I have thoughts.

1. I haven’t read it— but I’ll check it out— thanks!

I smash the garlic with my knife, but that’s more so to help with getting the papery skin off and then getting the garlic to a crushed state. I suppose you could leave them like that, but I generally end up chopping more afterward because smashing only usually leaves large bits.

On FN you get advertising — lots of advertising. ATK has to support itself somehow. They buy all the food and equipment they use and test. They have salaries to pay. They don’t accept gifts from manufacturers for review.

When I looked at their store last week, they were having a pretty substantial sale on what was clearly Everything With Chris Kimball's Name Or Picture As Heavily Discounted As We Can Afford, so this is a good time to buy directly from them. Even the new stuff (I noticed this book in particular) was getting a good…

I think the main difference between ATK and Food Network shows/site is that ATK doesn’t rely on celebrity & merchandising the way FN does. I’ve had the base subscription to ATK for a number of years and it has always been worth it to me ($35/year). I also have much more confidence in the recipes I pull from ATK over…

When I show my cooking class students how to mince garlic on a Microplane, minds are BLOWN.

I’ll take umbrage with one of their hacks after reading the cleaning chapter this morning. They say to use vinegar instead of rinsing liquid for your dishwasher. This technically works, but the acidity of the vinegar will dissolve rubber gaskets in the dispenser. People will do this and start finding fine black…

Not sure if this is technically a hack. But I’ve noticed more tv chefs take the flat blade of a knife to smash garlic instead of mincing. Does anyone know if this serves the same purpose? Because it seems so much quicker than finely mincing.