The Best Thing happened.
I could watch this forever. DTMFA, Joan.
Last Week:
Last week, Betty found The Secret (Don’s) and read The Group (which I’ll blog about later). Don tried to make up for the past with his mistress’ brother and was feted for his general excellence. Peggy owned Kinsey and Kinsey accepted his ownedness. Everybody drank [...]
Don Draper, life as you know it is about to end, and you have no idea.
Last Week:
Henry made Betty sad. Conrad Hilton made Don sad. Lee Garner, Jr. made Sal sad. Don made Sal really sad. That episode was very sad.
Luckily, during his evisceration of Don’s perfectly fine ad campaign, Conrad Hilton expressed a desire [...]
It was fun watching people take out their frustrations on each other this week. Just kidding, it was harrowing and depressing.
Last Week:
Don and Betty were a hot, sexytime couple for basically the first time ever, jet-setting in a vision of Rome that was very like the backdrop of a James Bond flick. Pete was the [...]
I am a traitor. I have betrayed the bread I love.
In my universe, Acme challah is impossible to acquire. Methods of obtaining it include 1) finding my husband during the day and convincing him to walk ten blocks to the Ferry Building on his lunch hour or 2) going to the Ferry Building myself. Note [...]
I’d just like to linger on this image for a moment.
Because that is the last time I’m going to say, “Oh, Pete,” in a gently mocking but still affectionate way.
Pete’s dead to me now.
Last Week:
Betty bought a couch that looks like upholstered lady-parts and blocked her hearth with it. Don had to sign a lucrative [...]
The first rule of challah wars is: don’t start a challah war if you’re not prepared to learn some awful truths about the bread you hold most dear.
We have been going to Arizmendi Bakery, a wonderful and magic place, a cooperative where happy people who love to bake produce happy breads that are delicious and [...]
Q: What do Betty Draper and Marcella White Campbell have in common?
A: They both own this cookbook:
I will prove it! I will scan my cookbook’s cover!
That’s right. Separated by decades and the mists of real and not-real, Betty Draper and I both cook from Betty Crocker’s Hostess Cookbook. I’m sure that both of us do [...]
New maxim: never bring a fully-loaded John Deere tractor into the office unless you intend to use it.
Last Week:
In Episode 5, “The Fog,” Don and little Sally shared a late-night meal of corned beef hash while Betty was in the hospital with little Gene. So last night’s main course was pretty self-explanatory.
If I do [...]
Did you know there were Challah Wars going on? Do you even know what challah is? Say no, that I may educate you.
Wikipedia will, of course, tell you what challah is and list challah references in popular culture and so forth, but the most satisfyingly exhaustive source on Jewish food, in my opinion, is Claudia [...]
The recipe below calls for condensed milk.
Condensed milk hails from the days when the quality of milk could not be guaranteed and refrigeration was iffy anyway. It’s exactly what it sounds like, milk boiled down until a lot of the water is gone. It’s sweet and rich. People used to thin it out with water [...]
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