Judging from my previous post about Killing Eve, you might get the impression that our obsession (okay mostly Rina’s) with the series revolves primarily around the brilliantly maniacal Russian assassin Villanelle, played by the spectacularly gifted Jodie Comer. However, let me go on the record by declaring Sandra Oh, who plays the complicated, impulsive, and…
Category: Television
Crocodile Rock & Pirozhki…or the cure for hiccups
Trapped in our homes for weeks and months on end, we’ve all had to come up with ways to occupy our minds (if not so much our bodies). I’ve been cooking, baking, and writing…in between half-ass attempts to literally get off my ass and exercise–which of late consists of me taking my mom (with her…
Big (Lasagna) Night
During these seemingly endless days in quarantine many of us find ourselves, for better or worse, relying even more than usual on social media as a way to safely connect with the outside world–exchanging biting political memes (no shortage of those!) with friends (and strangers) on Facebook, hosting virtual happy hours, watch parties, cooking classes,…
Procrastination…and coffeecake
Procrastination, as I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, is a good thing…sort of. Sometimes it’s a way for the brain to process all those seemingly random ideas bouncing around in your head, to connect the dots…or so I’m told. And other times, like today, procrastination is mostly a way of avoiding unpleasant tasks—like beginning the process…
Eat the Street
I’m a food travel show junkie–there, I’ve admitted it. I constantly troll Netflix, Cooking Channel, YouTube searching for my next hit. David Chang’s latest Netflix series Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner–yep, already binge-watched it over two nights. Ditto for the Jon Favreau/Roy Choi buddy foodie road trip The Chef Show. I’m so obsessed with Samin Nosrat, I’ve…
Failure IS an option…if you want to make something great.
“You need a lot of bad ideas in order to get a few good ones. “ –Adam Grant Or you gotta break a few (dozen) eggs to bake a cake–or in my case a few cases. I regularly post pics of food I’ve made on Instagram…almost always of the successes, rarely of the failures. I…
Lost Weekend…Or How I Got Trapped in Stars Hollow
*Warning, if you haven’t watched Gilmore Girls-A Year in the Life, this post contains spoilers! No really…that is how I lost most of last weekend…binge-watching the entire four 90-minute episodes of the new Netflix reboot of Gilmore Girls. My fellow “Movie Chicks” (aka Rina and Laura) and I were, like all Gilmore Girl fans, giddy…
Sunday Bake–Savory Pop Tarts
Ever since I abruptly decided to jump off the crazy train that was my day job (or more like leaping off a runaway train a few stops before it plowed spectacularly through the main station), I’ve spent my time working on consulting projects (aka playing with food). Consequently, I find myself with a whole lot…
Pumpkin Spice Be Damned!
Anthony Bourdain is right–this pumpkin spice madness must stop! What started out as a harmless cup of pumpkin spice latte to signal the beginning of fall has turned into a marketing tsunami that’s threatening to engulf us in a sea of mediocrity. I won’t go so far as Bourdain in wishing the trend “drown in its…
Better Cocktails Through Science
The long Labor Day weekend was the perfect time for binge-watching. With endless possibilities and viewing options to choose from, I found myself browsing through YouTube, where I discovered my latest obsession–the wildly imaginative, over-the-top culinary wizardry of Heston Blumenthal. I’d heard of his Michelin-starred restaurant The Fat Duck in Bray, England and knew a…