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Another British Tragedy

The Empire that brought you Spotted Dick, Haggis and Marmite, comes another tragic tale of a diva in distress, this time, not from a sexy chemical cocktail of pillz and booze but from chicken McNuggets. Seriously?? Gross. Gross and lame. Was Amy...

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A Bloody War

As long as good people have been waiting too long in the brunch line, restaurants have been serving up Blood Mary’s. Everyone has a perfect recipe, and some even dare to use a mix (so déclassé) but this last-night’s-regret-be-gone potion has...

The Perfect Appetizer

In Russian, we call eggplant spread “eggplant caviar” because real caviar is expensive and brilliant and eggplant caviar is cheap and brilliant. I’ve tried tons of recipes. Some were closer to ratatouille, others were spreadable and extremely...

Bob Ross fed squirrels

The genius painter whose soothing voice had me bewildered before the screen for years as he tap-tap-tapped his brush softly on the canvas.  This amazing man was also an animal lover, feeding tiny, adorable little squirrels.

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A post-Christmas (gift) post

Now that the gift-giving season is over, we can relax and delight in the joys of all the gifts and re-gifts we received (Mr Foodface wasn't actually one of them). Move over my specialty box of flavored coffee, Ronald Reagan’s biography and “White...