The ‘best ever New York Times comment’ has gone viral again – and it’s a real hall of famer

In 2015, nutritionist Sydne Newberry wrote what is widely considered to be the best comment ever left on a New York Times article. It periodically pops up on various social media platforms, finding a new audience and delighting people with the twist at the end.

The NYT’s cookery socials recently reshared video journalist Vaughn Vreeland‘s spirited reading of her comment, as he talked about the article – a recipe for Katharine Hepburn‘s brownies. Yes, that Katharine Hepburn.

@nytcooking #foodtok #recipe #brownies ♬ Jazz Bossa Nova – TOKYO Lonesome Blue

“This has been my go-to brownie recipe for 30 years. In the ’80s, an acquaintance in Germany to whom I brought some of the brownies, and who considered herself a great cook, asked for the recipe but was never able to get it to work.

She kept asking me what she was doing wrong and I was never able to solve her problem. Eventually, she moved to the U.S. and stole my husband!”

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It gave people life.

1.

Reading the comments section of NYT recipes is my doomscrolling.
Hot Pocket of Cheese

2.

Wow that left turn at the end came out of nowhere.
Christopher Downey

3.

Came for the recipe, stayed for the tea.
Jennever

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At no point did I know or even wildly dream of the end of the story. Like girrlllll whattttt.
Lava GP

5.

I love this diva.
Brat

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This is a shyamalan’s plot twist.
Carmen Maria Rodrigu

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They way I laughed at the end.
Princess Sarah Kennedy

8.

LMFAOOOOO. LEGENDARY.
A.D.P.

9.

A moment in internet history.
drplumsworld

10.

I didn’t even know I needed this today.
Hey, it’s Laura

Sydne’s comment wasn’t the only thing on people’s minds after watching the video.

This accent started at “Philadelphia Story” and ended at “Talladega Nights”.
Wiggy

Is the “Transatlantic Accent” in the room with us?
kitschrich

Harsh, but fair.

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