[H]ello friends! I hope this finds you properly reclined and sipping on something Sunday. I’m been back in New Orleans for a week of waaaay too much Halloween fun. I dressed up as Cleopatra. Fierce with a side of crazy-eyes. I’m sorry I’m not more forthcoming with photographic evidence. I also bought a bag of Halloween candy and find that I’m mostly just eating it myself because… just let it happen. I’m packing my bags to head to the west coast for a week. I hope to see you in San Francisco and Seattle to show you how to make pie and write in your copies of Homemade Decadence. It’ll be fun!
I hope your Sunday is relaxed and mellow. I hope you over-indulge in Halloween candy even if you have to sneak it from your kid’s stash. Just hide the empty wrappers in the trash can… not like I’ve ever done that… who steals candy from children!?
Here is this week’s internet, condensed. Carry on (and on and on).
• My very favorite chef Jacques Pepin, on ketchup and other important things.
• A woman walked around New York City for 10 hours and filmed every catcall she received.
• A long read for a short weekend: The Secret Life of an ISIS Warlord.
• “How could gluten, present in a staple food that has sustained humanity for thousands of years, have suddenly become so threatening?” What the what happened? Against The Grain.
• My Life On Olive Garden. I’m getting each one of you a Pasta Pass for the holidays so GET EXCITED!
• Similarly… My Week With A Flip Phone. Committed but not insane… I mean, really.
• We Are All Confident Idiots, I’m sure of it.
• Theo Padnos on being kidnapped, tortured, and released in Syria. This piece is 100%.
• Categorize under: truth is stranger/worse/more madness than fiction. Mexico’s First Lady Of Murder Is On The Lam.
• This is really interesting: The Ten Greatest Changes In The Last 1,000 Years.
• I’m headed to San Francisco and Seattle next week! I’m giving away 4 tickets to the San Francisco pie demonstration and book signing. Comment on this post, I’ll pick four of you tonight and see you at the signing tomorrow night!! Easy, right?
• I need a kitchen blow torch because I want to make Creme Brûlée French Toast a reality for us.
• Tweet Game Strong. The very best of the very worst of the very funniest tweets.
meganmarie013
Great list! I love your new blog design :)
EnviousLashes
I’m flying into Seattle the day after the book signing up there :( I was really hoping I’d get up there in time, but at least I can still be inspired from home with my copy of your book
Susan Roberts
Please come to Oregon!
myjourneybyjill
Joy, you always make my Sunday a little more sunnier with this weekly “keeping up with what’s what” posting!
christina
Love your blog and the podcast! Both inspire me and make me laugh. Would really love to see you tomorrow in SF!!!
christina
Oops, may have commented twice because I wasn’t sure my previous comment went through :(
Wish you were doing more events in SF!!
Meg
Hi Joy, I would love to come to the SF event tomorrow evening. I’ve been a longtime follower of yours and would love to see you decorate a pie!
Brielle
Joy! You should come do a book signing in the midwest (more specifically Kansas City, Missouri)! I mean, we almost won the world series. So we’re basically a big deal now. Also we have amazing BBQ AND the friendliest people.
Talia
Joy, I am so very excited that you are coming to San Francisco! I’ve read your blog for years, and have this bonkers idea that we are already best friends! I can’t wait to get my floured hands on a copy of Homemade Decadence ;) Have a wonderful trip!
annledwards
Jacques Pepin has always been amazing to me. Thanks for that. Also the gluten article. I’m a scientist so I loved the science. People don’t ever really look at the original studies. Great compilation today.
Chloe - A Latte Lipstick
Great links! Loved the gluten one!
XO Chloe
A Latte Lipstick
Cy
Joy, I’ve been following you for a couple years now. Huge fan! I’m an avid cook and baker. I live a few blocks from the JCC and would love to go to your book signing!
Cyndi b
Yes pppplease! Always looking to gain some skills in the pie realm
Tiffany
We went out and stayed with friends in Belmont last weekend, and attended the Bridge School Benefit Concert. My good friend City taught us how to make your wonderful scones. I am back home in Utah now, but it would be amazing if I could send him and his beautiful wife to your demonstration. :)
Nikki725
I love your blog, and I’d love to come to the SF event!
Livvy
Woah – creme brulee french toast?! Holy moly, I need this in my life. Gah!