And then he died.

There are so many reasons why this cookbook ought not to have appealed to me. Chief among them being A) I don't have that many ex-boyfriends, and B) I tend to be the cook in my relationships. Still, the design is fun and the stories that accompany each recipe are sharp and witty, so I consider that $6.50 wisely spent.

The smartest, most talented guy in my graduating class (and one of my elite few exes) has no idea what he wants to do with his life after Yale. This gives SO MUCH hope to the 533 of us who were dumber than him.