Amen and amen and thrice amen. A good sugar cooking is a buttery crumbly delight — our family recipe calls for some almond extract, which I think is an excellent addition. And pumpkin pie? With perfectly silky custard and well-balanced spices? I could (and, I’ll admit, sometimes do) eat it year-round.

I am going to spend the rest of today obsessively thinking about this, oh my god. Most likely I’ll just be cooking for myself and my husband this Thanksgiving, but I bet we could finish eating this in a couple of days (I’ll cross my fingers the skin doesn’t go limp instantly).

I’m a small-town newspaper reporter in a very Trumpy area. I’m dreading going to the polls tomorrow and hearing from all the Trump voters about how much they love him and how the lyin’ Democrats are stealing votes and all that bullshit. If I’m really lucky someone might accuse me of being lying media and threaten me. O…

Anyone who’s intrigued by the Satanic Panic absolutely must visit DemonBuster.com (but turn your speakers down first unless you want to get blasted by a Midi rendition of “The Blood of Jesus.) It’s an absolute disaster of a website maintained by the kinda extreme fundies who are pretty sure paisley (yes, the pattern) “…

I once ate at the Brooklyn location because my friend’s roommate bartended there and promised us free drinks. I remember really enjoying a coconut/shrimp fried rice dish (it was absurdly savory) and the Phil Khallins (like Tom Kha soup in cocktail form)... But everything with Sichuan peppercorns in it tasted so…

Cops do routinely get away with killing dogs too. (And, shocker, cops especially target the dogs of black and brown folks; they also routinely accidentally shoot their own K9s.) DOJ says they kill at least 25-30 dogs/day.

You’re not wrong! I fully expected him to be eliminated last week, frankly. But I hope he pops back up on YouTube or something doing slightly less-ambitious bakes because I just enjoy him as a person. 

I understand why Rowan had to go, but my husband and I are going to sorely miss him anyway — he was so unapologetically himself, himself being an absolute delight of a human: an elder gay who wears excellent vests, teaches classical music and does a spot of gardening while his dough rises. That’s life goals, right…

It’s 2007. I’m 13 and an avid Nancy Drew fan, and the not-very-good Nancy Drew movie has just come out in theaters. It’s not a scary movie; it’s not even all that suspenseful, if I remember correctly, which I probably don’t, because that movie is eminently forgettable.

hoooo boy that sounds good

Starred for Connie Willis! :D

Bet that put a damper on your relationship (badum-tsss)

I’m glad I gave you a good laugh! She still remembers “The Generic” and luckily hasn’t held a grudge about it.

Through some elaborate storytelling, I half-convinced my little sister that a monster called “The Generic” lived in the basement. I described the monster as, well, generically as possible: like a big slug but with claws. She started acting nervous about the the basement that night.

I’ll admit, I haven’t tried cognac yet... and with that kind of endorsement, maybe I just won’t.

Sorry, but rum is among the most wretched of alcohols (at least that I’ve had so far). Why anyone would want to ruin a drink -- much less a food -- with it is beyond me. I shan’t sully a perfectly good sausage with rum!

After encountering the drink in Michigan a couple years ago, I was surprised and delighted to find Vernor’s being sold by the cardboard case right here in Missouri — at least some Hyvees here appear to stock it regularly. I tend to like a ginger beer that’s so strong it makes your mouth burn, but there’s something…

My brother started brewing his own kvass in college because he lived on a dry campus but kvass had a low enough alcohol content that he could get away with it. It was... so-so, but a neat experiment!

And George Conway is stepping down from Project Lincoln, too, he announced yesterday! To deal with “family matters.”

I came here to say exactly this. I’d rather support Penzey’s any day, anyway! :)