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ES Takes Over the Web, Episode 16,249

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gansie: i HATE the picture
HATE
HATE
HATE
BS: OMG
it’s great!
gansie: UGH
BS: really?
you look hot
gansie: my eyes are squinty
but whatever
it’s fine.
it could be worse.
…
That’s just a taste of the many, many, many anxious gchat messages exchanged this week in anticipation of gansie’s Washingtonian magazine photo shoot (!!) Don’t miss the accompanying article, in which our DC bureau chief dishes out some advice about recipes, farmers markets, cookbooks and more. OK fine, she mostly talks about eggs. Obviously.

The Blogger Beat: Endless Simmer [Washingtonian]

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Breaking Gossip: Padma Expecting Mini-Padma

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Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah. Stop the presses. Or whatever the online equivalent is. Keep the presses going, I guess.

Grub Street points us towards the “Moms and Babies” section of US Weekly’s website (yes, it’s an entire section), where the latest item is about close friend of ES PADMA LAKSHMI. Yes, it’s what you’re thinking:

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is pregnant, her rep confirms.

So much to discuss! What does this mean for her sitcom deal? When will the Top Chef-testants have a “cook for pregnant Padma challenge?” Where is she registered?!?

Oh right, the gossip part. US goes on to call Padma’s pregnancy “nothing short of a medical miracle” due to her endometriosis (unclear exactly how much of an exaggeration that statement is). But furthermore:

The baby’s father has not been revealed. Online reports have speculated Manu Nathan is the dad, but her rep denies that, telling Us he’s Lakshmi’s cousin.

Weird! I had no idea Padma was dating her cousin. Or that she was back together with Rushdie! Or that the baby is Bourdain‘s!

Feel free to continue unsubstantiated rumor-mongering in the comments.

(Photo: Us)

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Hott Link: Cheese or Font?

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This website definitely gets filed under “So pissed I didn’t think of this first.”

The simple and surprisingly challenging game goes like so: the computer picks a random word from its database of 261 cheeses and fonts, and you have to guess whether the word in question is in fact a cheese or a font. It’s tough, because from Farnaz to Faricy and Calaveras to Cathelain, there are a surprising number of words that sound like they could really be either one.

OK, maybe not everyone else in the world is as mutually obsessed with food and writing as I am, but I thought it was pretty freaking hilarious.

Play Cheese or Font! and of course feel free to post your high scores here.

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Hott Link: Some Wine with Your Mac n’ Cheese?

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Hard as I try to be a wine snob, it’s just not that easy to accomplish on a blogger’s budget. Even if you shell out for the fancy vino now and again, you still feel like you’ve got to save it for special meals, right? You can’t exactly crack open that $40 bottle and pair it with a bacon-marshmallow sandwich, now can you?

Which raises the question: can I be a wine snob even if I’m not eating truffled scallops every night? Fortunately, the folks over at Lemon Drop answer with a resounding yes. They asked boisterous wine critic Gary Vaynerchuck of Wine Library TV to recommend some cheap wine pairings for cheap foods you actually eat. So if you’ve been wondering what Spanish red “has the right amount of fruit to complement your cheesy macaroni,” or what pinot is rich enough to stand up to the sweetness of Frosted Mini-Wheats, now’s your chance to be a wine snob on the cheap.

Cheap Wine Pairings for Cheap Foods You Actually Eat [Lemon Drop]

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