Nora Ephron is the author of "Crazy Salad," "Heartburn," "Wallflower at the Orgy," and "Scribble Scribble." She has received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay for "When Harry Met Sally," "Silkwood," and "Sleepless in Seattle," which she also directed. Her book "I Feel Bad About My Neck," will be published by Knopf in August. She lives in New York City with her husband, writer Nicholas Pileggi.

Blog Entries by Nora Ephron

The Second Annual Huffington Post "Tell Us What You're Cooking For Thanksgiving This Year That You Didn't Cook Last Year"

369 Comments | Posted November 21, 2008 | 01:08 PM (EST)


Update: The results are in! We've selected our second annual Top 10 Thanksgiving Recipes By Huffington Post Commenters. But, please, keep the recipes coming.

I know, I know, you've all been wondering if the first annual Huffington Post "Tell Us What You're Cooking for Thanksgiving Dinner This Year...

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Exhale

172 Comments | Posted November 5, 2008 | 01:51 AM (EST)


So we held our breath for twenty-two months, twenty-two months of an election that everyone claimed would bore us witless. The exact opposite turned out to be true: it was riveting.

It was difficult for the candidates who ran for office and for the operatives who masterminded the campaigns...

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Thinking About Bill

332 Comments | Posted November 4, 2008 | 11:14 AM (EST)


As I listened to Sarah Palin's recent phone call with "Nicolas Sarkozy," I couldn't help thinking about Bill Kristol.

I think about Bill Kristol far too much. I almost never used to. Before he began writing his Monday column in the New York Times, I rarely saw him on...

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Off the Meds

376 Comments | Posted October 16, 2008 | 01:54 AM (EST)


So is this the real John McCain?

No question the man who turned up last night did a better job than he'd done at the previous two debates. But here's the problem for McCain: he's either last week's guy, who seems to be on medication, or...

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Life in the Shallow End

314 Comments | Posted October 8, 2008 | 01:07 AM (EST)



I don't mean to be superficial, but let's face it, I am. And there's nothing like a presidential debate to remind me how deeply superficial. It's not that I don't hear what the candidates are saying, but I always begin by noticing what they're wearing, and whose...

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The Graph and I

297 Comments | Posted October 3, 2008 | 12:45 AM (EST)


I tried to watch the vice presidential debate tonight but it wasn't easy. This was because I was forced to watch it on CNN. I happen to be an MSNBC junkie -- but the TV set was already tuned to CNN so that was pretty much that.

This was the...

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Ringside

800 Comments | Posted September 27, 2008 | 12:42 AM (EST)


There was a moment, when the debate ended and the wives came up on stage, where I actually knew, or thought I knew, who had won. I'm sorry to say it, but it was John McCain. McCain had come into the debate having spent the week as the King of...

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The Morning After

Posted September 4, 2008 | 01:51 PM (EST)


It was a giddy five days, wasn't it? I remember it well. There were blogs, and jokes on the Internet, and bets were made about how long it would last, how soon there would be a resignation. I made one of those bets myself. I said, within the month. Gone...

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Hillary the Admonisher

Posted August 27, 2008 | 12:18 PM (EST)


My favorite part of Hillary Clinton's speech last night was when she admonished her followers not to put their affection for her over the issues. When she reminded them that what's at stake is far more crucial than their loyalty to her. When she reproved them for thinking for even...

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What About It, Al?

Posted June 30, 2008 | 09:05 AM (EST)


I know it's not a great job. And I know you didn't like it the first time. But that was because of Bill and Hill. They won't be there. I will.

Here's the deal: we'll redefine the job. I know, I know -- everyone says this, but I...

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White Men

Posted April 20, 2008 | 10:50 PM (EST)


Here's another thing I don't like about this primary: now that there are only two Democratic candidates, it's suddenly horribly absolutely crystal-clear that this is an election about gender and race. This may have always been true, but weeks ago it wasn't so obvious -- once upon a time there...

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Hooked on Hillary

1513 Comments | Posted March 30, 2008 | 02:57 PM (EST)


I would like to put myself among the growing chorus of people demanding that Hillary Clinton withdraw from the election. I don't really think it's fair to ask her to withdraw, and I certainly don't believe she's going to; she'll hang in there till the last dog dies, or till...

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Eliot Spitzer: The Short Goodbye

Posted March 11, 2008 | 03:49 AM (EST)


I can't imagine Eliot Spitzer is not going to resign as governor of New York now that he has been caught in what today's papers are calling a sex ring. (How divine. A sex ring.) The Times has an editorial urging him to leave office on the grounds that...

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The A.D.D. Election

Posted February 11, 2008 | 07:59 PM (EST)


Last week it turned out that Hillary Clinton had had to lend her campaign five million dollars. I couldn't believe it. And I meant to write about it. But now several days have passed and no one seems to care any more. When I first heard about the loan, I...

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My Top Ten New Year's Resolutions

Posted January 1, 2008 | 03:21 PM (EST)


I just read my New Year's resolutions from last year, and I'm sorry to say that I managed to carry out almost none of them. I vowed to lose two pounds; I didn't. I was going to cook a timballo; I didn't. I promised myself I would leave America Online,...

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First Annual HuffPost Charity Chain

Posted December 23, 2007 | 03:17 PM (EST)


It's that time of year -- or at least it's almost that time of year -- when we get out our checkbooks and give some money away to worthwhile causes. And it crossed our minds that because you're feeling full of the holiday spirit, you might be looking for someplace...

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The First Annual "Tell Us What You're Cooking This Year For Thanksgiving Dinner That You Didn't Cook Last Year"

Posted November 18, 2007 | 01:07 AM (EST)


Here's the deal about Thanksgiving dinner at our house: it's the same every year, except for one thing. Every year one thing changes.

Sometimes we try something new and it stays forever, like the apricot jello mold that's been a guilty pleasure of our Thanksgiving dinner for at least...

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It's Hard to be a Democrat

Posted November 5, 2007 | 09:58 AM (EST)


It's hard to be a Democrat, don't you think? There's no alternative, of course, but it's hard. Someone asked me the other day to write something about why I was a Democrat, and I had no trouble making a list of 10 reasons. Of course, five of those reasons were...

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The Informational Cascade and the Egg-White Omelette

Posted October 10, 2007 | 02:38 PM (EST)


There's a new book out about diet, and it apparently says what I've known all my life -- protein is good for you, carbohydrates are bad, and fat is highly overrated as a dangerous substance. Well, it's about time. As my mother used to say, you can never have too...

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It was you, Fredo

Posted August 27, 2007 | 01:43 PM (EST)


For several months I have considered the continuing presence of Alberto Gonzales a personal failure on my part. I had wished him gone. I had said insulting things about him to my friends. I had written things about him, although I didn't quite finish any of them. He deserved to...

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