Mad Men is back! And so is Mad Men blogging. Yay! As I did last year, I will be blogging the food and drink of Mad Men. (In a departure from last year, I do not plan to be so overwhelmed by all the themed cooking and cocktails that I completely miss the last post [...]
Oh, come on, it’s not as depressing as it sounds. I had some leftover white wine with the cork left in, and I craved a wine mojito. All the recipes I found on the interwebs were for pitchers of drinks, and I was certain a Mojito Pitcher For One would be depressing. Imagine it is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 like to talk about food. I also like to talk about Mad Men. So, barring life getting in the way, every remaining week that Mad Men is on the air, I’ll try to prepare a 60s snack menu based on what the ladies and gentlemen of Sterling Cooper ate last week — because they [...]
