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MeTV has been showing it on Sunday afternoons. One hour of Mary, one hour of Rhoda.

I just watched this one OnDemand and I was wondering if it was actually a commercial for the Hilton Hawaiian Village or if AO and SC had some deal where they just got to stay at the hotel for all of their scenes so they wouldn't get overtired or what. FWIW I've stayed at the resort once, in the Rainbow Tower, and they did a great job of showcasing it and the beach in front of it and the pool area and the spa. The only thing missing was dinner at the Bali Steak and Seafood, although SC mentioned it at the end, by name, as the place where he paid for dinner for the kid and his family. We ate there, it was super expensive but very good. This episode was so thin on plot and so disconnected, it's not hard to remember why I only catch up on episodes weeks after they air. LOL

grisgris, I finally saw the Christmas episode of Nigella Bites! It is online where someone has posted the entire season 2 of the series, all in one, so the Christmas show is at the end. I swear, I saw parts of it before, but that was the first time I sat through the whole thing. I didn't know there was a Christmas episode of Simply Nigella. KC barbecue and Christmas, who knew?

I don't know if anyone comes here anymore, but I stole kieyra's idea and played three hours of Nigella's Christmas Kitchen while I decorated my Christmas tree on Saturday. I'd love to have CDs of the music that was played in the shows. The jazzy familiar tunes really added to my decorating experience.

I haven't been on here in ages, came today because I heard that Ina finally had a new episode, and I see that I completely missed chessiegal's trip to London and Paris! I will have to return and read more slowly, I'd love to research each and every stop. One of our dream trips is to go to Normandy, so I may have to follow the trail set by chessiegal!

I just heard that Ina had a new episode this morning, so I immediately came here! I will have to catch a rerun this week or whenever they air her reruns. I haven't looked at FN in so long, I have no idea.

Even if they never were explicit about it being Vancouver or Canada, they also never made any attempt to hide it. They showed license plates and money all the time. At least once, someone pointed out to a minor character that he would need a passport to go to New York. I did like that they got to wrap things up and allow us to believe that everybody's life would go on. It was a nice finale.

I imagine they went to Paris, then came back, then Jane had a moment of clarity, realized she was in no way qualified to work for the FBI, and got her job back at BPD.

Again, I'm not totally sure, but I think in the previous episode they said she was somewhere else now. But that might have just been my brain fanwanking a line I didn't really hear. In the second or third episode, Lucas was going over some paperwork, I think with Cross, who made some offhand comment about dating coworkers being a bad idea. And Lucas replied that he agreed or already knew that or something. I can't remember, but I took the exchange to mean that his dalliance with the rookie cop had ended badly.

USA Network has Season 2 episodes online and is showing Season 3, starting Friday at 10:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time. Hopefully they will keep it going and pick up the Season 4 episodes that are currently showing in Canada.

Oh, God, I hope not. Maybe it was Angela? Probably not. :(

Don't we all miss the glory days of SLop. back in about 2008? Every now and then, she pops up and I realize, I really miss her. :(

If they want anyone to watch, randomly bouncing it around the schedule doesn't help.

Mars Capone? Is he any relation to Al Capone? (Old SLop / TWOP joke. Merry Christmas, all!)

I don't even know how long I've been making Ina's rugelach, but it was a big hit again this year. It's a very adaptable recipe - I used raspberry jam, pecans and currants in place of apricot jam, walnuts and raisins - but it is sweet and savory and old-fashioned tasting, all in one. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/rugelach-recipe.html Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everybody.

Sorry, ragstoriches! That was a blinding picture of SLop in full hallucinogenic gear. Sorry about your eyes!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/sandra-lee-halloween-0117408.html Just show this to them. http://gawker.com/5852613/the-best-four-minutes-of-sandra-lees-ridiculous-halloween-special Or this one, the highlights from Hallucinogenic Halloween.

If you mean Ina's recipe for Ultimate Ginger Cookies, yes, I made them. They are so overwhelmingly spicy and ginger-flavored, I couldn't eat them. I like a good ginger cookie as much as the next person, but these were just too hot! I ended up throwing them away. The people who gave them good reviews mentioned liking to snack on actual pieces of candied ginger, so if you like that, you might be able to eat these.

I would think clips from the Halloween shows where she dressed up as various celebrities would be a good place to start. Or the blinding white Christmas episode where she and Kimmie got looped and were visibly disappointed that their pork roast came out of the oven brown instead of white. Aunt Sandy went through so many changes over the years, it's hard to imagine explaining all of it to someone who wasn't there.

Ever since we saw Jon Favreau's character make Midnight Pasta in the movie "Chef", my husband has been after me to make it. When I went searching for a recipe, I was directed to Ina's Spaghetti Aglio E Olio, which is considered the gold standard. I was already started cooking when I realized I didn't have a whole pound of spaghetti, so I used gemelli instead and it worked great. It was great the night I made it and reheated well for lunch the next day. I highly recommend it. http://www.barefootcontessa.com/recipes.aspx?RecipeID=863&S=0

Just go to Lands End website, and click on "men". A photo of TR in a dark gray turtleneck, with light gray hair and beard, is the featured photo.

Everyone's menus sound so delicious! We spent the day with my husband's mother and her two sisters - all in their 80's - and they did all of the cooking. One of them bought a turkey fryer, so they made a fried turkey, two kinds of stuffing (oyster and not-oyster), mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes with apples and pineapple, cranberry sauce, green beans, corn pudding, homemade dinner rolls, pecan pie and strawberry trifle. I brought a sweet potato pie, which was a big hit. It was the famous Patti LaBelle pie that's been on the news and in the papers. It was definitely worth the trouble, it was delicious.

I didn't see the Holiday Handbook series but now that I know it exists, I will try to catch it next weekend. Funny, I so seldom turn on FN anymore, I have to come here to find out when they are showing something of interest.

Thanks for the tips, larapu2000. I ended up making the recipe as Ina originally wrote it. Plans changed after I bought the mushrooms, so I didn't want to waste them! LOL I did use a chuck roast, which was delicious. I have seen the filet recipe but I would never make it. The whole point of any beef stew is to take a tough, flavorful cut of meat and cook it a long time, so it ends up tender and delicious. Filet is best suited to other methods.

Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas! I am so excited. Aunt Sandy is at her loopy best in those holiday episodes. I can't wait to see some of the classics again.