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Irish Times
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Honor is staring at Brett like he's an ATM and she's sitting in a JCB, trying to work the levers
Brett asks me what she was like when she was younger. I'm like, 'Who?' He goes, 'Our mother.' And it's random because I've never thought of the old dear ever being – like he said – young. READ MORE Of course, there's a lot of things I could say in answer to his question. I could tell him that she never forgave me for her waters breaking in the Turner Exhibition Room in the National Gallery. I could tell him that she brought me back to Holles Street after a month and told them they'd accidentally given her the wrong baby ('This one's stupid,' being her exact words). I could tell him that when other mothers were teaching their children to read, she was teaching me how to mix the perfect vodka mortini. But I don't – because that's the softie in me. 'Yeah, no, she was fine,' I go, 'when she wasn't doing evil. I suppose I've always thought of the woman as a sort of Lord Voldemort in Chanel No 5, if you can imagine such a thing.' The dude looks shocked. Sorcha's there, 'This is my husband's idea of a joke – you'll get used to it.' He laughs and goes, 'Hey, I'm told I have something of the Irish sense of humour myself!' This is us having dinner in Honalee, by the way. Sorcha's done her famous Marry Me Chicken and now we're having dessert. As usual, she's out to make an impression. She's there, 'Honor? Boys? No devices at the table.' Honor's like, 'Er, since when ?' And – yeah, no – the girl has a point. We discovered long ago that Apple make the best tablets for sedating kids. Sorcha goes, 'Since always – remember ?' and she's suddenly trying to communicate something to Honor with her eyes; in other words, let's just pretend we're other people – better people. Dude, you haven't even been here a day. Wait until you've been exposed to us for a week — Ross Sorcha goes, 'Ross was saying you have kids, Brett.' The dude's there, 'Well, I wouldn't describe them as kids any more. They're both in their 20s now. Molly's at Columbia and Dorian's at Princeton.' 'Oh my God,' Sorcha goes, 'there was talk of me going to Horvard at one stage – although I decided not to in the end,' and she shoots me a look across the table to remind me that this is somehow my fault, as if her old man doesn't already bring it up four or five times a year. He whips out of his phone, calls up a photograph, then hands the thing to Sorcha. 'Oh my God,' she goes, 'I can actually see Fionnuala in them!' 'Poor fockers,' I go. 'Gimme a look?' She's like, 'My husband's sense of humour again,' and she hands the thing to me. They're a ringer for her all right. Weak chins and cruel eyes. I'm there, 'What hotel is that in the background?' And the dude goes, 'That's not a hotel, Ross – that's our house.' I'm like, 'Fock off!' Sorcha goes, 'We don't swear in this house, Ross, remember?' 'Gimme a look,' Honor goes, snatching the phone from me. 'Oh! My God! What the fock do you do for a living?' I'm glad she asked. He's already told me twice but I found it boring and stopped listening mid-explanation. He goes, 'I'm an ophthalmic surgeon.' See what I mean? I've no idea what that even is – in fact, I've already forgotten what he said again. Honor's like, 'So are you, like, loaded?' Sorcha goes, 'Honor, that is such a rude question to ask.' I'm there, 'But it's out there now, Sorcha, so why don't we just let the man answer?' Brett laughs and goes, 'Angela, my wife – she sold two start-ups.' Again, I've no idea what that even means and I'm sure I'll forget it instantly. But not the gaff. It's the size of the Powerscourt Hotel. Honor is staring at the dude like he's an ATM and she's sitting in a JCB, trying to figure out how to work the levers. I'm guessing I'm looking at him the same way. He goes, 'Honor, you should come over and stay some time.' I'm there, 'Jesus, I wouldn't wish that on you, Brett,' because he is my half-brother after all. 'Genuinely.' Sorcha's like, 'It'd be great for you to experience the States, Honor, like I did when I was your age?' Honor goes, 'I'm not focking chambermaiding in Cape Cod. Anyway, I doubt if I'd be let into the States because of my conviction for criminal damage.' Jesus, talk about a conversation stopper. Luckily, Johnny breaks the tension by smashing Leo across the face with his iPad, then me and Sorcha end up having to separate them and send them to their rooms. Sorcha goes, 'I'm so sorry, Brett. They're not usually like this.' Her ability to lie with a straight face would have Sr Austrebertha spinning in her grave like Simone Biles on the parallel bors. He goes, 'Are you kidding? I love the way you all are with each other!' I'm like, 'Dude, you haven't even been here a day. Wait until you've been exposed to us for a week.' He's there, 'No, I mean it. I sometimes think that Angela and I were too hard on our kids. We never allowed them to express themselves.' Just as I struggle to think of her as a young woman, I find it impossible to think of her as no longer here I'm like, 'You can have ours if you want them.' He laughs like he thinks I'm joking. I'm there, 'I actually mean it?' 'Fock you!' Leo shouts down the stairs. Brett goes, 'I just love the way you all say whatever's on your mind.' 'Speaking of which,' Honor goes, 'I'm thinking of going on the pill,' and Sorcha ends up nearly choking on her double cherry semifreddo. When she's finally coughed it up, Brett does a big yawn and says he's pooped and Sorcha suggests that I show him to his room. On the stairs, he goes, 'So do you want to go and see Fionnuala together – maybe tomorrow?' I'm like, 'Er, yeah, no, whatever.' He goes, 'I think it'd be nice for her to see the two of us together before, well, you know.' I'm there, 'Before what? No, I don't know.' 'Ross,' he goes, 'Fionnuala is going to die.' I feel my mouth fall open. Because just as I struggle to think of her as a young woman, I find it impossible to think of her as no longer here. 'Not at all,' I go. 'That woman will live forever – to spite me, mainly.' But he's like, 'Ross, it's coming. Very soon. She's knows it too.'
Buzz Feed
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
This New App Feature Lets You Customize Any Tasty Recipe To Be Easier Or More Nutritious. Here's How It Works
If you're anything like me (and by that, I mean someone who spends a chaotic amount of time scrolling through recipes at all hours of the day), then you've probably got a whole lot of favorite recipes that you've made time and time again. Maybe it's our Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (my dessert of choice, TBH), or our Paprika Chicken and Rice Bake (a classic!). You've made 'em more times than you can possibly count — and you know exactly what to expect from them. Enter Recipe Remixes, the Tasty app's newest feature that allows you to make any of the 7,500+ free recipes in our catalog easier or more nutritious — or turn it into something entirely unique. BuzzFeed Think of Recipe Remixes as your favorite Tasty recipes with a plot twist. When you visit a recipe page in the app, you'll see a shiny new Remix button. Tap it, and you'll get multiple options for switching things up in a way that's fresh (but still familiar). Each recipe gets three types of Remixes. First, you'll see Remixes based on popular tips from our Tasty community. BuzzFeed Tasty AI scans the most game-changing user tips and pulls out the best ones; no more sifting through 500 comments to find one golden nugget of wisdom. If the Tasty community has a foolproof method for making a recipe more flavorful (or, in this case, spicier), you'll be the first to know about it. Next, you'll see two Remixes from Tasty: Make it easier or make it more nutritious. BuzzFeed Note: Not every recipe in our library will have a "make it easier" variation since it's not really possible to make recipes that are already very easy (like this Chocolate Mug Cake) any easier. Start with a recipe you've been way too intimidated to make — Beef Wellington, anyone? — and see what we suggest to make it more manageable. Or, if you're looking to amp up the nutrition factor of a recipe, you'll get suggestions for simple swaps and better-for-you add-ins. Last but very much not least, if you don't quite know what you're looking for but want some sort of recipe riff, we'll surprise you. Maybe it'll be a genius transformation, like turning Marry Me Chicken into a skillet pizza! Or maybe it'll wacky. There's only one way to find out. No matter which Remix you pick, we want to know what you think. Give your remixes a quick thumbs up (or down) to help us fine-tune future Remixes. BuzzFeed Now, listen. Could you just turn to your AI of choice and get it to customize a recipe to your liking? You could, of course. But here's what sets Recipe Remixes apart: our Tasty community is at the heart of it. We're pairing the collective genius of Tasty fans — who've actually made these recipes, tweaked them, and found ways to make them even better — with AI to bring you brand-new versions of your current go-to's. When you remix a recipe, you're tapping into the wisdom of home cooks everywhere. BuzzFeed (And let's be real: Sometimes, cooking can feel kinda thankless, and it needs a little more joy. That's where the "Surprise me" button comes in. 👀) Recipe Remixes are now live on the iOS Tasty app, which you can download for free, so give it a spin, and then let us know what you think! I'm not gonna make any promises... but you just might discover your new go-to dish. (It's 2025; wilder things have happened.) Note: Though Recipe Remixes aren't yet available on our Android app, you can still download the Tasty app and explore our entire library of recipes.
New York Times
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
A Simple Salmon to Tell Someone You Love Them
Can you 'Marry Me' anything? A number of 'Marry Me' recipes, a protein draped in a creamy sun-dried tomato sauce ('Marry Me Chicken'; my colleague Alexa Weibel's tomato beans, which readers are calling 'Marry Me Beans'), made my editors and me wonder: Just because you can drench something in that dreamy '90s pink sauce, should you? You should. How else would you find out that crisp-skinned salmon is spectacular with 'Marry Me' sauce? Lindsay Funston's Tuscan-style chicken recipe raked in millions of views after it was published on in 2016 and found new life on TikTok years later. 'Marry Me Salmon' is a fantastic riff, a fish dinner you can cook for yourself and the love of your life any day of the week. It's also nothing new. In 2023, Alyssa Rivers of the Recipe Critic blog published a version with lemon zest, which helpfully brightens fatty fishes, as did Hajar Larbah, who runs the blog Moribyan. As Ms. Larbah describes the salmon, it's 'so good it will make you say 'Marry Me' to whomever makes it for you!' Hers omits the sun-dried tomatoes but maintains the dish's lush, creamy essence. There are others, too, that vary in ingredients, but all bear the title of 'Marry Me.' For weeks, I was on the hunt for one of those old-fashioned red-sauce-joint emulsions, light on the palate, almost brothy but rich. While eating as many pink sauces as I could out in the world, I realized that what makes the best ones stand out is simplicity, with nothing competing — and lots of yellow onion, sweet, mild and familiar. You could add garlic, but salmon isn't chicken, so its sauce needs a lighter touch. Chicken broth works, but bottled clam juice (a smart tip from my colleague Genevieve Ko), readily available in most grocery stores, gives you a clean seafood taste. A splash of heavy cream takes you into blushed vodka-sauce territory. Sun-dried tomatoes make it 'Marry Me.' By pan-searing the fish, mostly on the skin side, in sun-dried tomato oil, then gently (and briefly) poaching the flesh side in the 'Marry Me' sauce, you get shattering skin yielding to plush salmon. There's something beautiful in how even the most simple treatment can bring out an ingredient's best qualities. No one told me that when I got down on a knee last August and asked my partner to marry me, that nothing would change; there would still be dishes to do, bills to pay and laundry to sort. But having fit this dish into our busy lives time and again, I realized that marriage is the everyday parts, the parade of weeknight dinners over the occasional date night. 'Marry Me' truly can mean anything, but above all, it's when the ordinary becomes transcendent. Follow New York Times Cooking on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Pinterest. Get regular updates from New York Times Cooking, with recipe suggestions, cooking tips and shopping advice.
