C is for Cookiepedia: A Q&A with Brooklyn's Resident Cookie Monster, Stacy Adimando

Let me ask you this: is there a better way to eat the negative feelings you have about your stupid job and your stupid life than via a bag full of cookies to the face? 

Yes, there is: eating your feelings via a batch of delicious HOMEMADE cookies to the face.   

Luckily for you, Brooklyn writer Stacy Adimando breaks it all down in her newly-released book, The Cookiepedia.  We're talking 50 delicious recipes and enough food porn to put the Keebler Elves out of business forever. 

Read on for a ridiculous Q&A where Adimando humors my asinine questions and lets me Photoshop her very professional headshot in with the Cookie Monster.  If you make it all the way to the end without going to the store to buy a bag of Oreos, you'll have a chance to win a copy of The Cookiepedia for free.

Your feelings?  Eaten.  Your waistline?  Let's not talk about it.

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YOUR BEST COMMENTS: AUGUST

Perhaps one of the most entertaining things about writing for FIPS is reading all of the passionate (read: rude, misspelled) comments from our readers.  Who knew that a topic as simple as hamburgers could result in a threats of physical violence?  Everyone is SO MAD ALL OF THE TIME.   

So, we did a round-up of the best comments from the month of June and July.  They made us laugh, they made us cry, they made us question whether or not we should call the police, etc, etc.

Take a look!  Note that the comments were posted as-is.  We didn't fix grammar or spelling.  Normally, bad grammar makes us [sic] (see what I did there?  A NERD JOKE), but we wanted to make sure that the commenters were represented exactly how they represented themselves, caps lock, spelling errors and all!

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[WHAT YOU SHOULD ORDER AT...] Provini

Image via Park Slope Lens

WHAT YOU SHOULD ORDER AT... is a recurring column designed in kind for your opinionated asses and our lazy asses.  We're going to pick one Park Slope resto a week and recommend our favorite dish at each.  Are we right?  Are we wrong?  YOU KNOW YOU WANNA WEIGH IN.  

So, true: we may have said some shitty things about Provini.  Guess what?  We still stand by them.  But, just like you end up going to Dunkin Donuts because it's around the corner from your office instead of going to a coffee shop that serves that roast you love.  YOU'RE LAZY AND IT'S RIGHT THERE. Also, you don't have any principles, as your father would say.

Anyway, Provini (1302 8th Ave, at 13th St, 718-369-2154) is an Italian trattoria that serves a lot of solid homemade dishes, even if the service blows.

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What You Should Do if the Power Goes Out: Brought to You by ConEd

Because of the hurricane, all of the gas and power companies are sending out emails telling everyone really valuable information like "Stay clear of downed power lines."  Thanks for letting me know, I thought downed power lines were the safest places to be in times of trouble. 

The above graphic is an actual email that ConEd sent out, but forget about the ridiculous tips.  My main issue is the photo of the woman telling us to stay safe.  Look at this bitch's face.  She could CARE LESS.  If you looked up "apathetic" in the dictionary, you'd find this lady, her hands thrown up in the air, being like "If y'all die, I don't really give a fuck."  Get a picture of an uptight white woman pulling out her hair and yelling at her children to BE QUIET so she can watch the news, or an Asian dude staring out intently from his nerd glasses trying to convey the gravity of the situation.

Whatever, everyone.  Here's what ConEd should have sent out, because honestly, if we lose power today, this is the shit that's really gonna go down, and it has nothing to do with downed power lines and battery-operated radios.

For more updates from her own personal Hurrication, follow Amanda on Twitter @AmandaWaas.

HURRICANE PLAYLIST

Everyone knows that a good party can't get started without an absolutely excellent playlist.  And if you're like me and have a terrible, shameful iTunes library, you'd rather drink a pint glass full of bleach than risk the humiliation that would come from putting your iPod on shuffle and having the Aladdin Soundtrack or Melissa Etheridge come on. 

Because then you'll be forced to defend the honor of "Come to My Window" and no one should ever have to do that.

So, I've assembled a hurricane playlist that will keep you rocking as you're shut up in your apartment, eating a bag of Hurricane Doritos and drinking a bottle of Hurricane Mountain Dew with your Hurricane Girlfriend.

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