The best part about cooking, besides eating, is being able to say, “Hell yeah I made that.” I love cooking with people and for people. Human naturally bond over food because it carries a lot of tradition and sentiment. Recipes travel down from generation to generation and become representations of heritage. This is not one of those meaningful recipes, but that doesn’t make it any less delicious. It’s a party staple that guests swoon over.

There are certain food that are so good you know they have to be more a product of chemicals than nature, but you don’t care. You also know these foods are more likely to make a home in your thighs than stomach, but you still don’t care. Like Oreos, these food can turn a day around. There’s an Oreo commercial on TV right now with a little boy waking his dad up for an Oreo as the clock strikes midnight on Father’s Day. It good because it is simple, and Oreo has made itself a symbol of the happy, nuclear American family.

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