These days, everyone’s looking for ways to stretch a dollar—and who better to show you how to cook a fabulous feast for your family without breaking the bank than a woman who sharpened her culinary skills during the Great Depression? Charming nonagenarian Clara offers tales of the Depression as she whips up culinary classics like potatoes with hot dogs and lentil stew. And basically, I’d love to just sit in her kitchen with a cup of tea and hear her tales. Check it out:

Thanks to everyone who attended our live-blogging party (or just stopped by to see what we were chatting about). All in all, it was a pretty standard Oscar telecast. Nothing too earthshaking—no really bizarre speeches, no stunning victories, no completely ridiculous outfits.

Here are our highlights:

1. The opening number. Hugh Jackman can serenade me about Oscar contenders any day. And Anne Hathaway isn’t too bad, either.

2. The Tina Fey and Steve Martin presentation of the writing awards. Very funny writing, very well delivered.

3. The Beyonce-Hugh Jackman number. This didn’t seem to go over too well anywhere else, but the prospect of a scantily clad Beyonce was enough to call my husband in from the other room to watch a few minutes of the Oscars. That was worth it just for that.

4. The fashions. Anne Hathaway won my vote for best dressed, but I loved most of the dresses—Kate Winslet’s black and blue number was a runner up.

Do we need to lengthen the always bloated awards show with gratuitous movie montages? Robert Pattinson looked very uncomfortable. And then they show longer scenes from High School Musical three than they did from Twilight. Hmmm…

Another few for the who cares category… Except, you’d think Sex & the City would have been nominated for the fashion forward looks they represented. And anyone who can make Brad Pitt look old and gnarly should win.