From Scratch

It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving at From Scratch without some humor. This is vintage, classic SNL from November 20, 1976 when guest host Paul Simon donned a turkey costume to sing Still Crazy After All These Years during his monologue. He’s a favorite and so is this clip. I love the arm/wing action he has going […]

Where’s a fun Top Chef drinking game when you need one? Right here. Even when Top Chef makes me crazy, which is often, I watch it. (Exception: Season 2, which ought to be deep-sixed.) But the show has become too formulaic and predictable, with product placements everywhere, dumb editing and well duh moments such as — […]

It’s almost summer and bathing suit season here in the Northern hemisphere. That means no more excuses for being a couch potato, except on rainy days. Otherwise…

Photo blatantly swiped from raincoaster.

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Say what you will about us Americans, but we never miss a chance to commercialize a holiday, even in weird ways. And this is definitely weird. Even for us.
The Piggly Wiggly supermarket chain, with stores in the South and parts of the Midwest, thinks a hunk of beef is a great gift for Valentine’s Day, […]

Remember when Bill Clinton was running for his first term and Hillary, already controversial, said, “I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas…”? It was enough of a gaffe that, once in the White House, she released a cookie recipe and is said to have really made them. With her own two […]

Had there been room I’d have called this Can I eat a turkey we’ve had for thirty years? It was a real question for the tireless turkey experts at the Butterball Turkey Hotline. For more than twenty-five years they’ve been on the other end of the phone during the holidays to answer our questions. This year’s […]

Love her, hate her or somewhere in between, if you’ve seen Rachael Ray, you know she speaks in her own language. It’s so extensive, some fun folks at a Website called slobak.com have put together a little drinking game that even some fans find funny. I’d be snockered by the first commercial.
Frankly, I can’t take seriously […]

Good Monday morning! If you celebrated Easter yesterday, chances are you’ve got leftovers and are looking at a few days of sandwiches or veggies that just get limper when reheated in the nuker. If you’ve been celebrating Passover, you might just have some boxes of matzo left and are looking at them with one eye on the trash […]