seriously. now I want to go watch 500 days of summer again just to see them make out. sigh.

I’m not the biggest Buble fan, although his Xmas music is quite entrancing, but I really enjoyed this video. Way to go random kid!

(video below is rad)

Potato Leek Gratin
(adapted from NYT- you’ll like this if you like potato leek soup because they’re nearly identical, duh)

• 2 tbs butter, plus a little for greasing your gratin dish
• 3 leeks, trimmed and halved lengthwise
• 1 1/2 lbs peeled Yukon Gold potatoes (about 4)
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
•  2 thyme sprigs
•  1 cup heavy cream
•  1 fat garlic clove, finely chopped
•  1 bay leaf
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
• 3/4 cup Gruyère, grated

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees and butter a 2-quart gratin dish (I used a glass pie dish and it worked out ok). Wash the leeks to remove any grit and slice thinly crosswise

2. Using a mandoline or sharp knife, slice the potatoes into rounds, 1/8-inch thick. Toss with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Layer the rounds in the gratin dish until almost reaches the top of dish.

3. Melt the 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add leeks, remaining salt and pepper, and thyme. Cook, stirring, until leeks are tender and golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Discard thyme and scatter the leeks over the potatoes.

4. Add cream, garlic and bay leaf to the skillet, scraping up browned bits of leeks from the bottom of the pan. Simmer gently for 5 minutes. Stir in nutmeg.

5. Pour the cream over the leeks and potatoes and top with the Gruyère. Cover with aluminum foil and transfer to the oven. Bake for 40 minutes, uncover and bake until the cheese is bubbling and golden, 15 to 20 minutes longer.

Makes aprox 6 servings though it goes really fast. Beware, this is crackgratin.

don’t forget to flip that motherfucker over after 30 seconds

Yeah, I’m going to UPDATE this post with a recipe because I made some killer pancakes this morning and I want to share my recipe with the world.

Rapping Nerdy White Kid Pancakes

(adapted from Clinton St Baking Company- recipe makes a loooot, like 18-20 3in pancakes)

• 4 cups all purpose flower
• 1 tbs + 1 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 cup sugar (after making this recipe I wished we had used a little less…pancakes were way sweet)
• 1 tsp salt
• 6 eggs, separated
• 3 cups whole milk
• 12 tbs unsalted butter plus some to butter skillet
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• toppings such as blueberries, choc chips, maple butter, confectioners sugar, bananas, etc

1. measure n sift all dry ingredients to into large bowl (flour, baking powder, sugar, salt)
2. in a different bowl, whisk yolks of separated eggs with milk, melted butter, and vanilla until combined. Then whisk wet mixture into dry mixture. End result should be a little lumpy and super viscous.
3. whip egg whites in medium mixing bowl until they reach medium peaks (google “medium or stiff peaks“) I would recommend using a hand mixer.
4. gently mix half of whites into batter w a rubber spatula. Then gently fold remaining half into batter.
5. heat griddle and grease with butter. Drop 1/4 cup of batter and cook until set. Add blueberries, etc then flip. You’ll know first side of pancake is done when little bubbles form and stay- then flip and cook other side until light brown.
6. you’re done and ready to serve.

!!!!!!! [BxB] [EPISODE 3.02] !!!!!!! from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

Cause I do. For sure.  It’s on my fuckit list (thx Michael Ian Black). Remember Jenny Slate? I kind of love her for dropping the F bomb on her SNL debut and then getting fired (later).  Now she’s doing this series which so far looks pretty great. I would also like to have my bachelorette party on Walden Pond (true facts, I’ve been there). More bestie by bestie here.  h/t to drew for this link, he is the king of the internet.