I don’t know if you guys are aware, but cooking shows are, like, a really big deal right now. I mean, there’s the whole Rachel Ray empire and that dude with the bleached hair straight out of a ’90s music video and, of course, the crayest of them all, Sandra Lee. (Hello, HAVE YOU SEEN HER KWANZAA CAKE?!!)
Well, here at FYA, we realized that in this vast kitchen of food television, there is a gaping hole. You see, while there are shows out there for people who love cupcakes and for people who love cooking barefoot and for people who love using 50 pounds of butter (who doesn’t?!), there is no show for people who love unsuccessfully cooking while also being drunk.
And that’s where our friend Lee comes in.
Lee is a long-time friend of Megan no H as well as a valuable member of the Houston FYA Book Club. Lee is charming, hilarious and, above all, a terrible cook. So, obviously, we invited her to launch an FYA cooking show.
Each month, she’ll attempt to make a YA-inspired recipe. Each month, she will probably fail. And each month, we guarantee that it will be the best cooking show you’ve ever seen.
We hope you enjoy today’s premiere, and feel free to leave Lee cooking tips, future recipe suggestions and flowery compliments in the comments!
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THIS IS MY FAVORITE POST.
Also, Lee and I totally made croissants this weekend and we TOTALLY SUCCEEDED. Well sort of. We didn’t have a recipe and a key ingredient had fermented. But we still won the blind taste test against our competitors. I think it was the sweet “Peeta Has Croissants” shirts I made that ensured our success.
I think you can safely take full credit for any and all of our culinary successes, Alix. I spent most of the time swirling my fingers around the egg wash. Salmonella be damned!
1. THIS IS FANTASTIC.
2. That isn’t a saucepan. That is a frying pan. You need something a bit deeper to be considered a saucepan.
(I realize that this is all in jest, or at least I HOPE it is, but girl has some sad cooking skillz. I feel as though she needs lessons. Any true ladynerd can totes whip up a good toffee)
HILARIOUSLY (sort of), lee and I had a cook-off at our last book club meeting and SHE WON. Even though I’m ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD COOK.
My favorite comment from Lee when I wrote her about how to judge the soft-crack stage without a thermometer was, “you mean it makes threads like in a Pensieve?!?!”
My victory only further proved the superiority of Ina Garten. “How easy is that,” indeed!
Whatever. I’m going to bring sticky toffee pudding or something this month, and THEN YOU’ll SEE.
Sticky toffee pudding is THE BEST. Hagen Dazs had a sticky toffee pudding limited edition a few years ago. It was hard to find (my friend and I once spent a weekend going to every grocery store we passed) but it was WORTH IT.
I laughed out loud awkwardly alone in my apartment. Well done. Butterbeer next? I can’t wait for the next installment!
If that involves putting a stick of butter into a beer, I think even I can handle it!
“Neville Longbottom…is another character.”
BEST THING EVER. Go Lee! You are amazing! I presume Anna Marie was the cinematographer? Excellent job, ladies! And I loved the editing. This was so, so good, you guys.
Yes, you guessed it! It’s tough not to correct kitchen catastrophes as I see them happening yet so good to capture it all on film.
The absolute best is “Am I supposed to help you?” …..”I think we’re beyond that.”
That video is SO GREAT. I also laughed out loud alone in my apartment.
Apart from book blogs, cooking blogs are my favourite. Combine the two (especially with the added humour of indifferent cooking skills) and WHAMMO! instant hit!
Ahh! My roommates and I totally wanted to do this in college! We would come back drunk from the bar and try to “late night” by cooking things. It never turned out well but it was always entertaining. This is awesome!
“That’s ok because accidents happen, and that’s how most of us were born.” Lee, you’re amazing. Oddly enough, this has inspired me to try making toffee. LOL
Yep, hard to believe that 1/2 of pregnancies are unplanned. HELLO IUDS. And, you know, plans. Or condoms. Also, decidedly don’t want to make the toffee now. It looks…beige.
hey now, some of us were on All The Birth Control! We were also on All The Amoxicillan for killer strep throat and were unwittingly puking up the birth control, as it turns out.
This overshare brought to you by White Russians!
I would like to point out that most birth control pills are neutralized when taking antibiotics. So….it didn’t really matter whether you vomited those pills. It would likely have happened anyway. See:ALL OF MY FRIENDS. For serious, guys. We have had this conversation (they we all married at the time, though).
noooo, not truth! nothing really has been conclusive in proving that (except for one kind – rifampin – which really only gets used to treat TB). but almost all others are safe. but lots of doctors will pretend otherwise, because either they don’t know, or they just want to cover their butts.
Megan, all I’m saying is I have an eight year old who proves you wrong!
For the sake of accuracy, you are correct, Erin. However, there still remains a correlation between the two (whether it is from the ABO or from being ill and not necessarily taking you BC like you should). So, in my opinion it is always better to be safe than sorry.
@Erin, oh definitely, I agree there. if it makes you throw up, then BC definitely won’t work. if a pills in the toilet and not your tummy, it certainly isn’t going to work.
Ah-mae-zing. As someone who manages to screw up a fair amount of recipes sober (I usually try to do like four other things while I cook and I wander away from the food and always always always burn it), this was highly entertaining. You ladies are making me sad I don’t live near Texas. Keep the fun coming. =) And Lee is amazing with the random comedy (That’s ok, because accidents happen, and that’s how most of us are born!)
Awesome. I can’t wait for the next one!!
How about a recipe from “The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook” http://www.amazon.com/Unofficial-Hunger-Games-Cookbook-Groosling/dp/1440526583/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326146251&sr=8-1. (Seriously, why is this cookbook a thing? Why is there a Twilight cookbook? Just why?)
Loved that errant “Dumbledore”!
Nothing like Harry Potter humor!
I actually cried out, “Nooo” as Lee tasted this so-called toffee. Props for making the video, double props for actually tasting it!
I know — I can’t BELIEVE she tasted it. This whole thing was AWESOME.
There IS actually a show about unsuccessfully cooking while being drunk — it’s called My Drunk Kitchen. And while My Drunk Kitchen is awesome, it’s sadly lacking in YA recipes and references, so this still fills a hole in my life. Loved this video!
I’m glad you mentioned My Drunk Kitchen, because you saved me from having to do it! I think the taco one is my favorite.
This is everything I’ve ever wanted PLUS a wizard hat. Thank you, FYA, for making wishes I didn’t even know I had come true.
Awesome. I also recommend My Drunk Kitchen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq7G-Q9ZwC0
Me too. The gaping hole is slightly more populated now. Yay!
Um, this was epic. Lee, you are amazing–mostly for tasting the toffee. And for remembering Neville Longbottom.
luv ya gurl!
Hey! You missed The Drunken Cooking Show!
Lee, Lee, Lee. This brought such happiness to my day! Best cooking video ever.
I see that the poinsettia is still alive and well even after Erin nearly took it out. As always Lee and Anna Marie are a very entertaining pair! Can’t wait for next time!
(That was my favorite part)
I’m so glad you noticed! I moved that lovely flower so the camera couldn’t miss it. (My jokes are a little more subtle than Lee’s.)
“…’cause that’s how most of us are born!” I think this is my new favorite cooking show…ever!
This is the most amazing thing ever. I know her!!!
Always up to a challenge, Lee, even in your Sunday’s best! “You want me to touch the toffee again? I will.”
I adore you.
You two are my favorite, and I also laughed awkwardly aloud by myself in my room. This makes me want to come visit again! Thanks for sharing!!! Sending love, always.
BA HAHA Leeee. HAGRID.