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Trying to Summon Up Genie Powers : "I never learned how to cook because there was no kitchen in the bottle," jokes Barbara of her most-famous TV role as Jeannie. "I think it's about time," she says of learning to cook. "I'm kind of old." Unfortunately Barbara can't blink and create great food. Anne actually wishes she could make Barbara's chicken curry casserole disappear: "This looks like something my cat threw up," Anne says.

The universe hates us equally. (I hope.) Even the people who see the glass half-full have bad days. But sometimes it's easy to forget that. Our own problems seem the biggest. So what do you say we give ourselves a healthy reminder?

I don’t need a personal chef — I enjoy cooking too much to hand that task off to someone else. I don’t even want someone to go grocery shopping for me, because strolling through the farmer’s market and trying inspiring samples at the store is half the fun. Want to know what I would love help with? Planning my meals out each week. […]

I'm BORED! Have you ever heard someone in your family use those words? Most of us have.

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Italian life

So, you don’t feel like cooking tonight. Been there, done that! There isn’t a cook alive who hasn’t at one point walked into his or her kitchen and thought, “Nope. Uh-uh. Not happening.” Cooking funks come with the territory, and when you hit one, it’s tempting to just switch off the kitchen light and call your local Thai place. But wait! Having gone through those cooking-blah bouts many times ourselves, we know the common causes. We also know the cures.

Anyone who's ever worked in a restaurant will quickly tell you how quick employees come and go. In an industry of high turnover rates, most restaurants look more like a revolving door than a place of business. A Reddit thread recently asked restaurant workers to dish out on the worst experience with watching someone getting fired. With the amount of employees that come through the average restaurant each year, it's no surprise that there are so many stories with such sad endings, but it's…