I recently attempted a full-career, album by (studio, for chrissakes I’m not suicidal) album listen to Pearl Jam. I do this occasionally with bands/artists. It’s always difficult and I’m rarely successful. I’ve been stopped by the likes of Machina/The Machines of God, Tango in the Night, Steel Wheels, and…

It’s always funny to see a headline like that and then a grade of B or lower. Not that it doesn’t make sense, it just reads as discordant before reading the review.

‘Best Show in Decades Literally Saved My Life’, B-
‘Chuck Lorre’s New Comedy Cured My Cancer and Saved My Marriage’, C+

Support thread for folks who found both Force Awakens and TLJ boring and realized you’ll never love Star Wars as much as you did as a child and that’s ok

Imagine my disappointment when Keene’s speech mirrored almost word for word what my college-educated friends told me this weekend; that they were suspicious of a show like Watchmen because whose agenda is it serving really? idk maybe the agenda of people trying to be more open and empathetic?

As someone here said last week. If they don’t stick the landing it’s the journey. That landing I think came very close. To humanize a superhero/god in the moments of death Manhattan/Cal was genuinely great and it was surprisingly moving. The mechanics to get there were fine in a kind of techno-forward dance club…

I know she was a baddie as well, but seeing Trieu just completely outthink, outplan and outflank the utterly overmatched Cyclops was extremely satsifying.

Man, I’ll be honest. You and Robot_Jax are really on for being killjoys about this.

I love that we learnt what Irving did with his vacation - he published his book and is on a book tour

On the other hand ...

The industry is different now and has been for a while. Not for everyone, and not all the time, but the idea that comic book creators can’t exercise full control of their own properties hasn’t been true for several decades now.

If you’re someone with one-hundredth of the draw of Alan Moore, you can…

As a person who owned a business, the people whose influence actually drives sales have between 300-9,000 followers. When you’re over that, it’s all white noise to your followers. You’re just a 24 hour commercial channel. Someone with 2,000 followers who leaves a glowing review of a place, though? You almost always…

I love Kenji’s Food Lab book (eagerly awaiting volume 2) and think he does an exceptional job at walking you through the why, not just the how.

Cook’s Illustrated is good for that. 

The Joy of Cooking - not because it has recipes geared towards novices, but because it has one of the greatest collections of things you might need to look up. How long should I roast a 4lb chicken? What temperature do I need to use for roast beef? What goes in a souffle? Ask Rombaeur. All the standards are in there,…

For absolute beginners, anything by Mr. Food/Art Ginsburg.  It’s not necessarily fancy cooking, but it’s simple and a good entry for people who are afraid of the kitchen.  A lot of simple “hacks” (i.e. prepared foods as substitutes) make it less daunting for someone who has no idea about the differences between knives…

I started with Bittman’s “How to Cook Everything” as a novice and I would probably recommend that to a novice. It’s a good mixture of “things which are extremely easy” and “things which are recognizable and a bit more ambitious” that will let someone balance the feeling of accomplishment with gentle encouragement to…

It’s possible I’ve just missed the cookbooks that do this, but I feel like one of the biggest challenges for people learning to cook is that they don’t always know how to pair sides with a main dish. But they also don’t want to learn the theory first.

Alton Brown’s “I’m Just Here For the Food: Food+Heat=Cooking.”

Does “every episode of good eats” count as a book?

please start saying again how many episodes were given as screeners. it really makes a difference to know if this review was just off the pilot or more.

“Is that a tear, Pantera? Is daddy’s little girl upset? I’m gonna kick your ass into next Tuesday!”