I have just realized that "I'd be down for that" and "I'd be up for that" mean the same thing 😮

Apple butter is in our future

Made Tres Leches cake.  It was good, but I was expecting it to be...I don't know...drippier?

I don't think I'm ever going to be a fan of polenta.

Outdoor popup library, apparently.

TIL about chicken pudding, a dessert popular in Turkey, made with milk, sugar, vanilla...and actual shredded chicken breast.

It's funny how I can suspend my disbelief about most things in movies or on TV except when people in restaurants order "a beer" or "a whiskey". People never do this! They're always more specific.

A rare selfie! I'm so sorry.

Not long ago, I joined an Italian cooking group on Facebook. I thought it would be a good opportunity to pick up some tips and recipes. I left the group a couple of months later, after some members became...oh, let's call it "agitated"...over whether Sunday ragu was a "sauce" or a "gravy".

It sounds like a joke, doesn't it? Personal attacks stemming from disagreements over culinary terminology seem like such a cartoonish Italian stereotype that you almost think it just can't be true. Or maybe you just don't want it to be.

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TIL about Sardinian maggot cheese.  I...am not sure what else to say about that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu