B-but that would be uncivil! The worst thing you can be! Worse than a racist or unapologetic fascist, even!

I got a copy of Complete Pepin at half priced books years ago and only in the past year have I looked through it. The first time I opened it, I was thrilled to see a DVD of his techniques in there and so I cozied up on the couch to watch it over the next few nights. It was really basic stuff, like peeling veg, dicing…

It’s free on Amazon Prime US right now. I watched the whole series at least three times in the past year. Watching those two give each other endless shit for, say, using black pepper in a seafood dish is just joyous.

I could watch him mow through garlic with a knife all day. 

They were interviewing him and he just drove off in a car right off the lot! He fled the scene!

Somewhere in the late 90s, PG-13 became the new PG. Rather than the niche rating it was created to be in the 80s, more and more movies gravitated to that rating because it probably cut across the widest swath of target audiences. During a couple of the “movies are too violent” movements of that same time, the age…

I don’t want Beto to run for President, but by the same token, I can’t get all that excited about another senate run from him, either. He took on one of the most odious, least popular politicians in the country and STILL LOST because Texas is that far gone. Cornyn, I think, would be much more an uphill fight: a…

I have had a ridiculously difficult time with eggs for my ramen. I used to try to use David Chang’s recipe in his Momofuku cookbook where they are slow cooked to where they are halfway between a poached egg and a soft-boiled egg in the shell: you are supposed to be able to just crack the egg open and it slips out, but…

Yep! There were two other versions besides the theatrical one. Again, it might just be extra material, like making of stuff: the description didn’t say what was there. But both were over three hours long. 

FWIW When I rented it off Prime last week there were two other versions that were north of three hours long available. It didn’t much describe them or notate them as director’s cut or anything so I don’t know what was in there.

That’s true (I can’t really remember the specifics of the fight as I’m writing this) but I would add the caveat that the movie had done such a good job establishing Toomes and the emotional stakes with Parker by that point that there’s more invested in that fight than, say, The Battle of Explosion City in the first…

It’s on Prime. 

Although I have to admit I don’t like either Vision or Scarlet Witch very much. 

I think a lot of this current wave of Marvel movies seems like they were listening to the complaint that their action scenes were getting too same-y. In particular, the 2017 trio of Ragnarok, Homecoming, and GOTG2 all seemed to do something different and breathe new life into things. I had a blast with all three of…

We’re continuing our MCU runthrough with my daughter to get her ready to see Capt. Marvel and Endgame in theaters. Last week was AOU. While I never disliked it as much as some, I do admit it certainly fell short of the high bar the first Avengers set.

I will never not upvote this. 

Oh man, he is so dead on about In and Out fries. Every time I eat them (yes, even well done) I’m just perplexed at why they are that way. Also why are they cut so short and stubby? Arrgh!

Oh man what a nice surprise to see this here. I bought the album back in the day after seeing the “When Will You Come Home” video on 120 Minutes on MTV. It was very much up my alley for the kind of music I was into at the time (Cowboy Junkies were another band I got into back then). I haven’t heard these tracks in…

My dragon-obsessed daughter is over the moon excited about the HTTYG sequel. I still remember the audible squeal from her when we saw the first trailer for it last summer, before Incredibles 2. To me it’s seems dashed-off, like just a long episode of the show, not fitting with the movies, but hopefully it’s good or at…

Oh, how sad. Awful news. RIP.