Mindy Kaling Compares Herself to Meghan Markle While Cooking the 'Best Thing' She's Ever Made in New Video

Mindy Kaling; Meghan Markle.Photo:Stefanie Keenan/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty Stefanie Keenan/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty Mindy Kalingis diving into soup season head first.The actress and comedian shared a cooking video using a soup recipe from “the great"Maxine Sharfof @maxiskitchen. The “quickie dumpling soup” calls for combing frozen dumplings into a Thai red curry base.“So this is exciting,” Kaling, 45, begins the Instagramvideo. “You need basil for this recipe and I have two basil plants." Themom of threegestures to her gardening area but asks viewers not to look at the one dying plant.

Mindy Kaling Says Daughter Kit, 6, Has a ‘Lot of Strong Opinions’ About Fashion — and Already Loves Makeup (Exclusive)

Mindy Kaling.Photo:Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images Mindy Kaling’s oldest daughter, Katherine “Kit” Swati may only be 6, but she’s already a mini fashionista who knows what she likes. She also knows what shedoesn’tlike. “She has a really specific vision of what she thinks is pretty and what she doesn’t,” Kaling told PEOPLE at Sephoria in Atlanta on Sept. 28. “[A dress is] not glamorous to her unless it touches the ground.

Mindy Kaling’s $99 Midi Dress Is a Cheat Code for Dressing for Between Seasons — Get Similar Styles for $50 or Less

Photo:Mindy Kaling/Instagram Mindy Kaling/Instagram If the Jonas Brothers sawMindy Kaling’s Instagram post, they might have the same reaction as me — to sing “High heels, red dress” from their song “Burnin’ Up.” The Officeactress, 45, shareda carousel of imagesearlier this week with the caption “Please take my tooth!!” I will, in fact,notbe doing that, but I am taking note of herred dressthat was staggeringly stunning. And because Kaling knew the people (aka me) would want to know where it was from, she tagged the brand, Astr the Label, in her post.

Minneapolis Man Allegedly Shot at Police and Crashed Ex-Girlfriend’s Car After She Broke Up with Him

Eddie James Freeman III.Photo:Hennepin County Jail Hennepin County Jail A 23-year-old man allegedly fired shots at a state trooper after crashing his ex-girlfriend’s car when she attempted to end their relationship on Saturday, Sept. 21 in Minneapolis, per the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s Sept. 24news releaseandWCCO News. Vande Steeg and Freeman exchanged gunfire, and no one was hit or injured, authorities said. Body cam footage captured BCA crime scene responders finding a handgun where Freeman was arrested and assessing bullet holes on the police car.

Minnesota Restaurant Server and Patron Are Killed When Vehicle Slams into Outdoor Patio

Kristina Folkerts, Gabe Harvey.Photo:GoFundMe, Gabe Harvey/Facebook GoFundMe, Gabe Harvey/Facebook A hospital worker and a server with strong family ties to the restaurant at which she worked were killed on Sunday night when a car plowed into the outdoor patio at Park Tavern in St. Louis Park, Minn. Four other nurses from Methodist Hospital were reportedly injured in the crash, according toThe Star Tribuneand localKTSP. PEOPLE has reached out to the hospital for an update on their conditions.