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Buca di Beppo Meatballs

I know next-to-nothing about Sofia Vergara, and still: I cannot help but think she is wonderful. She wears ridiculous sequin dresses, is rarely pictured without a glass of champagne and doing some crazy dance move in an era when stars try to cultivate a photo-perfect image at all times, and she and Julie Bowen posed for the this send-up of Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield:

That is an amazing photo.

She has to be wonderful.

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Valentine’s Day Rice Krispie Treats

Because Kendrick loves Rice Krispie treats more than anything and spent a decent percentage of today shoveling snow out of our driveway, and because I am a huge nerd:

I made him a Valentine's Day Rice Krispie Treat.

If, like me, you haven't made these things in a couple of decades and need a refresher, here's how you do it:

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Half-Homemade Coconut Cream Pie

Is coconut cream pie a summer thing?

I think it might be.

I could not possibly care less. It's so good, and I want it right now, cold weather and all. All of the time. I am very sad that these photos were taken last week and that this pie no longer exists in close proximity to my face.

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Deconstructed Vegetable Pot Pie

OK, so expecting a baby for the second time?

Really different than the first.

It's different in good ways (I'm more chilled out about the whole process, mostly because I keep forgetting that I'm pregnant) and not-so-good ways (I'm sicker and about ten thousand times more exhausted), but the definite, one-hundred-percent most fun difference?