For an easy win to get your cookbook motivation flowing, flip to page 131 for black beans with butternut squash, black rice, and chimichurri. My husband and I practically wept with happiness while eating it, and my toddler became obsessed with dipping everything into chimichurri.

Like Anne’sPuffedSleeves, I use mine to multitask with other meal prep situations. I use fairly regularly with my current favorite cookbook, Allison Day’s Whole Bowls. Her whole bowls conceit is a whole grain, a protein, and a veggie, all bound together with a flavorful sauce. I often have the veggies part going in my…

I’m with you. When I got married, I Did. Not. Want. A bridal shower. But I was thrown one by coworkers (whom I loved, but they did not listen to me at all on this).  I just don’t get why it’s fun.  Come to the wedding and chill.  Let’s not drag this out any longer than necessary.

I really enjoy sharing good food with my child. If I am going to sugar him up, it's going to be a real treat, not trash.

I appreciate that distinction. Thanks for fact-checking me. And you are right that they are both terrible.

This is just a gimmicky way to use an even smaller percentage of real chocolate in M&Ms, as well as explain away their characteristically chalky texture. Cute marketing has convinced Americans that Hershey products are good. They are not.

I read that the director (or whomever...I don’t really understand all the people involved with making stories into TV) wanted just enough real life stuff that it would make the fictional universe feel just that much eerier, for its notes of familiarity.

My husband and I, who have long been amused by the Satanists’ secular antics, immediately recognized the statue on the show. I idly wondered if they had gotten permission to use it, because even casual observers would have noticed that Satanists have been extremely litigious and could predict that this would cause a…

I feel like a monster for skipping Halloween stuff this year. My kid is finally 2 and a half, so he’s totally aware of what’s normal now. The last couple of Halloweens, he had no idea he was missing out. They’re doing a parade of kid costumes at his daycare today, but the budget was tight and I simply declined to…

Something similar happened to me. Please remember that she had a fantastic life with you — far better with you than without you. Remember that everybody has a time to go, but at least you had each other. The author of the James Herriot books — which, if you haven’t read them yet, now might be a good time to start —…

Nope, you gotta go. Discuss strategies to deal with the distance, or discuss breaking up. If you don't break up, have a lot of sex and nice meals/events together beforehand.

Huh.

This was a creepy, scary trailer to watch. Why is it so hard to believe women, especially women of color?

Me too! Till I realized she was in it, I was pretty sure to pass up this reboot, but now it's moved to top TV-watching priority.

Agree with you on all points, especially the reading comprehension level. ;-)

Same.

I liked Keira's essay. The excerpts chosen, especially the part about her animal nudity that embarrassed visitors, and the smell of amniotic fluid on her shoes as she finally left for home, really reminded me of my own birth experience. I don't think she was trying to slam *Kate* the woman, just trying to write a…

Don't worry. The reason I know so much about it is that I am wide-hipped lady who wanted a pair too. Sour grapes, I know, but I am glad that it's not just my gender holding me back from the trend.

Te selvedge sizes are self limiting because it’s based on the width the denim fabric is woven in. That trendy, colorful woveb selvedge is actually part of starting/finishing the width of fabric. Selvedge denim is traditionally woven a but thinner than other fabrics.

I am thinking of very particular friends with ample bosoms and totally flat bottoms/narrow hips, or the women in my family who get hips and scant breasts. In my experience, the people I know tend toward one or the other. I understand that these are just my own anecdotes, so we’ll have to agree to disagree.