Restaurant Review: WildFlower

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The Betty Crocker Project : Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Assorted Frostings

Valentine’s Day is all about one thing: effort. Despite all the television ads telling you to “show her she’s worth it” or whatever by buying her some expensive piece of jewelry (and seriously, who does this? Who spends a couple grand on a necklace? Jay-Z?), […]

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The Betty Crocker Project : Italian Chicken-Lentil Soup

As some of you may have noticed, Annie hasn’t been around this week. She’s not feeling well, so you’re all stuck with me, like when Mom goes out of town for the weekend and Dad’s in charge. Yes, we can stay up late and watch […]

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The Betty Crocker Project : California Black Bean Burgers, Oven-Fried Potato Wedges, and Chocolate Milkshake

Damn, do I love a good burger. It never fails: Annie and I will go to a new nice restaurant somewhere, with all this new, fancy food on the menu that we’ve never tried, and invariably I’ll be drawn to the veggie burger. They could […]

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The Betty Crocker Project : Southwestern Sausages with Spicy Corn

I really just don’t like real-time strategy games; they’re way too hectic for me. “Oh no! His axemen are attacking my fort! Better go click on these archers and send them over. Oh wait crap, those are the cavalry. Are cavalry strong against axemen? I […]

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The Betty Crocker Project : Cheesy Potato Skins

Apparently the original owner of the Washington Redskins was a huge racist. I know SHOCKING. Betty’s recipe for potato skins, which I’ll tell you how to make in a hot minute, is pretty much the perfect accompaniment to a football game [Ed. note: or Puppy […]

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The Betty Crocker Project : South-of-the-Border Burritos

The San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers are playing in the World Series right now. That’s baseball, for the super-vegan among you. I’m a diehard Red Sox fan, and Annie grew up in a Yankee household—it’s just like the Montagues and the Capulets, only […]

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An Open Letter To My Fantasy Football Opponents

Sirs, It gives me great displeasure to inform you that the team of professional football players unknowingly associated with my imaginary team will score more points via an arbitrarily-generated scoring system than the team of professional football players unknowingly associated with your imaginary team in […]

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