"I keep telling you self esteem is something that PBS made up.  Don't worry about it."

Tequila and Donuts is one of my favorite blogs. She writes about her mother and her mother's friends, and they are all quite hilarious. Sometimes she posts things that are not about her mom, and to be honest, I don't find those as entertaining, but she is a good and clever writer and her mother's movie club with her other "old folks home" friends are really really funny. In the post linked to above, they watched Die Hard, which I have never seen, but if it includes as many explosions as they make it seem, I just might have to.

http://open.salon.com/blog/tequilaanddonuts

Best. Idea. Ever.

"Why?," some of you silly, ignorant children may ask. "Why is this one of the best pieces of culinary technology ever to be created?"

Because the edges of the lasagna are always the best. It's the part everyone in my house likes the most. We will cut strange shapes out of the dish in order to obtain maximum amounts of that chewy, cheesy, slightly-burnt goodness that only exists on the edges of baked pasta dishes such as eggplant parmesan, baked macaroni, or in this case, lasagna. This baking pan not only cooks the lasagna faster and keeps it neater, but virtually every piece will have that most perfect border that we always strive to get when we are graced with this delicious dish.

P.S. I'm kind of hungry, which might have something to do with all this extensive exaltation of lasagna.

I did an interview for this book, and I am really very excited about it. It comes out January 5th, and if you are looking for something interesting and touching to read, I suggest you buy it. If you want to get an idea of what it's like, you can read some selected stories on salon.com (This was the first one featured, and is my favorite out of all of them).

P.S. If you are stuck on gift ideas for a certain college freshman who enjoys reading and whom you love very much, pre-ordering this for her might be a good idea.

P.P.S. I import this from my blog onto Facebook, so sometimes pictures and videos don't come through like they should. Please click "View Original Post" if this ever happens when you read my blog as a note on Facebook.