Watch this pastry chef attempt a gourmet take on the classic Cheez-It

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Pastry chef Claire Saffitz is back at it again with some intense dedication to extremely detailed junk food recreation. 

On this episode of the YouTube series Gourmet Makes from Bon Appétit, Saffitz takes on the classic cheesy snack — Cheez-It. She can tell from the beginning that they will have to be baked, and sets out on a quest to get that iconic texture just right. 

To get those very crispy layers, she uses a technique called “lamination” with butter, which produces a flakiness similar to the layers of a croissant. 

However, it’s a struggle. Several people assist her in the math portion of calculating what size the dough will bake to and how much it shrinks in the oven. “How many college degrees did that take?” she remarks.  Read more…

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This writer’s Twitter thread about his stay in a creepy log cabin is the stuff of nightmares

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Log cabins are a bit of a problem for writers.

On the one hand, they make pretty great places for a nice retreat — somewhere quiet and out of the way where you can really focus on that latest project. On the other hand, they’re scary as hell.

This is something Tom Taylor — Marvel and DC Comics writer and creator of TV series The Deep — recently discovered firsthand.

Taylor is currently working on a bunch of different projects: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man for Marvel, DCeased for DC Comics (a horror book which sounds very appropriate in this case) and a feature film. To get his head down and focus, he decided to spend a few nights in a log cabin in the Australian bush. Read more…

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A pilot Meghan Markle filmed with Max Greenfield is set to air 10 years later

A pilot that Meghan Markle filmed with Max Greenfield is going to be aired a decade after they made it. 
“It was called like, The Girls and Boys Guide To Getting Down, it was a pilot for Comedy Central, Adam Pally was in it,” Greenfield told…

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James Corden’s ‘Us’ parody is mildly scary, extremely silly

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James Corden loves a parody sketch almost as much as he loves a car-based singalong. He’s done it with IT, and A Star is Born, and now he’s taking on Jordan Peele’s latest horror movie Us. (Although it’s called We in the sketch above because, you know, copyright.)

The parody sees Corden and Reggie Watts wandering around The Late Late Show studio, becoming increasingly concerned that some strangers are trying to steal the show away from them.

The problem is, the imposters are — you guessed it — doppelgängers. Right down to the matching One Direction tattoos. Read more…

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‘Egg boy’ believes what he did ‘united people,’ even if he admits it was wrong

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It’s the crack of an egg that was heard around the world.

Australian 17-year-old Will Connolly, known as “egg boy” for cracking an egg over the head of an Islamophobic senator, has finally spoken — and he wasn’t apologetic.

Speaking to TV program The Project on Monday night, Connolly said he did it because he was “flat out disgusted” with Australian senator Fraser Anning’s comments.

“After that tragedy in Christchurch, I thought the world should be supporting all those victims,” Connolly said. “And the senator released a statement which was pretty much a divisive hate speech.” Read more…

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The flat stomach meme will probably just make you hungry

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Apparently nobody on Twitter knows what a human body looks like. 

The flat stomach meme is a horrifying ASCII attempt at depicting a side profile of someone’s body. What it lacks in anatomical accuracy it makes up for in personal attacks.  

The meme started late last week, when Twitter user @itsJWolfe tweeted emoji of all the beautifully delicious things they’ve eaten. Who needs a flat stomach when you can fill your body with bread and cheese? It’s 2019 and we’re all here to enjoy life. 

Me: I want a flat stomach
My stomach
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| 🍞🍞🍞\
| 🧀🧀🥩🥩\
|🌮🌯🌯🍟 \
|🥠🥠🌭🥞 /
|🥚🥚🍖🍳/
|🥯🥖🥖 /
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— J Wolfe🥀 (@itsJWolfe) March 21, 2019 Read more…

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Apple’s new credit card gets compared to Billy McFarland’s credit card scam

Someone didn’t watch the Fyre Festival documentaries. 
Apple announced its groundbreaking new pay feature during its event on Monday: A titanium credit card with no card number, no signature, no CVV, and no expiration date. All of the vital info…

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Finally, a real fashion moment at an Apple event

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Apple events are not traditionally hubs for bold style, so thank god for Wyatt Mitchell.

Mitchell, who is the company’s director of app design, stepped onstage at Monday’s Apple event in Cupertino wearing a white workwear-inspired jumpsuit and Off-White x Converse sneakers. In a world of Silicon Valley vests, uniform dressing, and low-key button downs, it was a rare men’s fashion moment — so of course Twitter noticed.

This guys jumpsuit is my #AppleEvent highlight so far pic.twitter.com/Z8bIkEKrJK

— Matt Noble (@noblematt) March 25, 2019

Wyatt in an all white jumpsuit like he just came from a racetrack or is about to fly to the moon #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/j9cBFafwKu

— Adam Al Jabry (@AdamAljabry) March 25, 2019 Read more…

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