Yes, this does make it seem like UA is marketing this as a "lifestyle" brand rather than an athletic brand to women. But there was that Gawker article about how yoga clothes are more popular than yoga or whatever, so I guess they're trying to compete for that market share as well.

Fish in pastry would be 'en croute' not 'en papillote'. What a moron!

I *NEED* pictures. I read "Jolie, 39, wore a plain white floor-length antique lace and silk dress that nearly took her betrothed's breath away." And also ""The girls had each chosen a dress to match their own individual style and they had them specially made."

Wow, he is completely wrong. The rankings should be totally opposite. Strawberry icecream is my favorite when it's proper (Haagen Daas ftw), but in Neopolitan, it's some bullshit pink ice milk horribleness.

But I bet all of their rich friends already have iPads! I want a new iPad.

I buy myself a small bag (it's 1 oz I think) of nacho cheese Doritos like once a year. I don't have the self control to buy the big bag and not eat the whole thing. I love that cheese powder!!! Cheetos are also a problem.

I'm kind of freaking out just looking at those pictures. I also get kind of freaked out from reading or saying the word snake too much.

I don't find it particularly offensive, but it usually comes with other shit that I do find offensive.

Just FYI, yoga doesn't really train that flexibility. That is because there isn't a lot of active flexibility used in yoga, it's a lot more passive flexibility. For example, in yoga when I do hand to big toe pose (you take your foot in your hand and raise your leg out to the side), I can get my leg all the way up by…

I'm naturally really flexible and I think hot yoga is really bad for my body. Because of hypermobility / laxity in some of my joints, it can be dangerous for me to sink into my flexibility beyond the point that I can support it with my strength, and the heat makes it easier to do that.

Also, part of WHY it is prized is because some Asian cultures (I KNOW this is the case in Hong Kong) don't want to look South East Asian, as that is where "domestics" come from. Just because this is a historic beauty ideal, doesn't mean that the context / reasons for it haven't shifted over time. So yeah, Asians can…

Guys, immersion stick blenders exist for this reason. Did Gwynnie not mention that???

Thanks! I have the "Squid" brand fish sauce. My roommate bought it at some point, I think because it is the most readily available. It's not the worst in certain cooked preparations (I've been using it up mostly by making bo kho), but not very good otherwise IMO.

I want to know more about this Thai version of pho! (Recipe??? My Googling skills are failing on this).

Good tip! Speaking of that...do you have a preferred fish sauce brand? I DO NOT like the one I currently have.

I don't get why people love sriracha so much when that same brand makes garlic chili sauce, which is like 100x better.

Only tangentially related...but my John Besh restaurant experience was disappointing. It was only Lüke though.

A stage is like an internship / apprenticeship in a kitchen. The book was pretty interesting; she did 4 of them, in Paris, NY, Vietnam and Israel.

Oh and here's another fun Wylie Dufresne fact. His favorite snack is AMERICAN CHEESE! He always has a huge block of it in the walk in. I read that in a book by a girl who did her stage at WD-50.

I've come to realize I'm not really a fan of molecular gastronomy. I find it interesting conceptually and aesthetically, and I even enjoy it as an experience. But ultimately it's not really what I care to eat.