Recipes

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After an exhausting day, sometimes the antidote is turning on Ti West's "X," so we can bask in Maxine's unshakable and b**** courage -- channeling any of that power and strength for ourselves. Other times, we crave a kinder touch and assurances that we're precious too: This is what the goddess Melba May (Park Overall) provides viewers in Darren Stein's directorial feature debut, 1997's "Sparkler." Ok, she's not actually a goddess in the film, but she might as well be! If you've never heard of the low-budget comedy road trip film from the creative mind of "Jawbreaker," it's because it was virtually...

If you’ve never thought of adding bacon to your fried rice you are missing out! The rice gets fried in bacon grease then gets topped with crispy bacon before serving! This recipe is even better than take out! If you are fried rice obsessed like me and my family, you have to try my Ham Fried Rice and my Chinese Fried Rice!

Including a colorful wall clock and some sexy lighting. Another week, another raft of new things to add to a cart and then buy eventually at some point down the road. This week, we took a long, hard look at the walls of our proverbial home and realized that just about every corner could us a little spice. From a colorful wall clock to a lamp that everyone loves, surely there’s something here that you'll want to buy for yourself.  Stop straining your eyes when you read in that one dark corner of the living room and consider this sconce...

Mongolian beef is a popular Chinese-American restaurant dish that consists of tender, crispy beef in a savory-sweet brown sauce. This version comes from The Woks of Life, written by Bill, Judy, Kaitlin, and Sarah Leung, the family behind the popular Woks of Life blog. I’m a big fan of the cookbook and the blog, both of which are excellent resources for anyone interested in learning more about Chinese cooking. To prepare the dish, thinly sliced flank steak is first “velveted” or tenderized by marinating it in a mixture that includes baking soda, before being coated in cornstarch. The beef is...