[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.
Christina
Not sure if you’ve already chosen the winners, but here I am..sipping on a whiskey apply cider concoction in Oakland. Would love to meet you when you’re in the bay this week. Either way, just wanted to say hi. This is my first comment, even though I’ve been reading your blog for about a year now. Hi Joy!!!!
Breck
I really want to go to the SF pie making class (longtime favorite food blogger + PIE?!)! I’d gladly pay for tickets, but the website isn’t working on my computer :(
Carla
Oh my goodness, I would LOVE to be at the SF event. Pick me, pick me! :)
Jenny L
Your cookbook is fantastic and I’d love to meet you in SF!
Bonnie
Love your blog, love your recipes!
Bhiravi
Creme brûlée french toast? That sounds amazing. I haven’t even made plain old creme brûlée yet!
illana
I love Jacques Pepin too! I’ve watched him on PBS since I was a tiny kid. He’s like the Daddy of cooking, isn’t he?! So I always felt like he knew what he was talking about and I should listen and watch carefully, and I think I learned a lot of basics from him, even then. I would love to see you in SF, Pick Me Pick Me!! But I will still love your recipes and writing if you don’t :-) Enjoy your trip! xoxo
Juliann
I am a baker as a hobby and have been inspired by you on several baking occasions! I have been pushed outside of my comfort level of average and always look forward to reading about your own baking adventures. Your writing consistently makes me feel like I am reading a friends blog, thanks for being awesome!!
Pamela Benavidez
I am spending my Sunday– and our extra hour of daylight here on the west coast— combing through your new cookbook. It is beautiful! I am prioritizing which recipes that I need to bake first! (thinking how cool it would be to have your autograph in it! —or on the great sprinkle cookie print!)
Catherine
Oh man, like Deb’s creme brûlée french toast? It’s all sorts of crackly, crunchy, creamy ridiculousness, and I highly recommend procuring said blow torch if only just for said french toast. (It does come in handy for other things… but that’s another conversation).
Lizzy
Pick me! Pick me! I want to see you in SF! I will bring you candy!
Lisa
I would love to attend…but I am in Chicago! Have fun!
Swati
Love this roundup – especially the article on the biggest changes! As a history buff, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Maddie
Hi Joy! Would love to see you here in San Francisco. I so enjoy your blog and will be at the SF signing :)
christina
Love your blog and the podcast, and would love to see you at the San Francisco event! Hopefully Tracy will be there too!!!!