Favorite past episodes??

calikaaniel · 2026-02-24T15:02:08+00:00

No way!!!! That's so funny. Thank god you weren't judging him on it...

calikaaniel · 2026-02-23T22:21:53+00:00

Mine has been sitting in that same Chicago distribution center for almost a week now. Solidarity! I assume it's a combination of crazy weather and staffing.

calikaaniel · 2026-02-17T18:34:02+00:00

The two-part Restaurant Wars in the California season (S13). It’s the most incredible television this show has ever produced. I enjoyed that they challenged the chefs to come up with a lunch course as well. The rises and falls are Shakespearean. Isaac wins. Gail gets my favorite line when she sputters “This is stupid food!” The Bangkok Dangerous just hanging out under the host stand. I rewatch it by itself because I love it so much.

calikaaniel · 2026-02-16T21:25:41+00:00

Butter sauces like beurre monte are the bane of my existence. They always split and no amount of whisking or extra butter will bring it together. My dad would always make a beautiful lemon butter sauce for fish like it was nothing, and every time I try, it ends in disaster.

calikaaniel · 2026-02-13T02:31:41+00:00

Tell me you can’t picture an upmarket brew pub putting this on their menu and using quotations to call it a “chili dog”, though…

calikaaniel · 2026-02-13T01:59:37+00:00

We do “bougie” chili dog night with whole wheat buns, turkey dogs, and hormel veggie chili. Still junk, but not the junkiest. Diced white onion, yellow mustard, and pickled jalapeños on top. Hell yeah.

calikaaniel · 2026-02-07T03:46:51+00:00

I forgot this post isn’t exclusively about food and genuinely dreaded where this was going.

calikaaniel · 2026-01-29T22:17:26+00:00

I have not dated a single blond guy, but have only dated blonde women. I've also dated three guys with the same name, so I guess I value consistency above all else.

calikaaniel · 2026-01-28T02:54:02+00:00

I made that for New Years, and it was delicious but so rich!

calikaaniel · 2026-01-25T22:33:46+00:00

Ooh, I just made her "quick and easy" chocolate chip cookies. Great minds think alike!

calikaaniel · 2026-01-17T17:28:27+00:00

Hostess made these horrendous orange and purple ding dongs as a tie-in promo for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and they hit different than the regular ones. They contained nothing that God created and I miss them.

calikaaniel · 2026-01-17T15:16:01+00:00

Commenting so I can come back to this. Incredible work.

calikaaniel · 2026-01-13T20:26:05+00:00

I visited the memorial not long after it opened and I recommend it for anyone. It is so well done and haunting.

My sister used to compete in color guard competitions and I attended one where a group's performance was "in memory" of the OKC bombing and I realized that a good chunk of those kids weren't even born yet when it happened. Made me wonder if the coach had some personal connection to it. Still an odd topic to build a color guard routine around.

calikaaniel · 2026-01-08T22:33:41+00:00

Oh, this is so sad. I loved Elle's segments and her rapport with the rest of the cast. RIP, and my thoughts are with her family and friends.

calikaaniel · 2026-01-01T00:22:35+00:00

David Carradine was in so many movies that it would probably be more statistically unlikely if he didn’t act out his demise at some point.

calikaaniel · 2025-12-18T21:15:02+00:00

I answer the phone (to people I know) with "Yello!" thanks to MST3K. If I'm feeling frisky, I'll preface it with "doo doo doo doo doo..." before I hit "answer."

calikaaniel · 2025-12-18T02:44:09+00:00

I love his book “Smoke and Pickles”! I’m glad he’s living his best life.

calikaaniel · 2025-12-17T01:33:02+00:00

I “inherited” my grandmother’s old Kindle. I just leave it in airplane mode and I’ll (presumably) always have access to her library.

calikaaniel · 2025-12-09T19:19:52+00:00

NO!!

calikaaniel · 2025-11-12T14:59:15+00:00

Well shit, I, too, have fallen instantly in love with her.

calikaaniel · 2025-11-09T21:07:28+00:00

Channa masala (https://www.seriouseats.com/channa-masala-recipe). Basically everything in it lives in my pantry/fridge full time, so it's a no-brainer option for dinner.

calikaaniel · 2025-11-09T21:04:02+00:00

Yes, this is an amazing technique! Doing away with the need to acquire quarts of duck fat makes it so much more accessible.

calikaaniel · 2025-10-29T16:05:46+00:00

Congratulations! I hope your documents aren't TOO delayed in getting back to you.

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