So as part of my personal pandemic self-care, I decided to try and ride the wave of New Year resolution fitness and diet tweaking. So far, so good. I even splurged on a Ring Fit for the Nintendo Switch, because I normally loathe exercise, and need to be tricked into thinking it’s fun. Also, PANDEMIC,
So we’re approaching the holiday season and the long-awaited end of 2020, which has been unlike any other year in recent memory as far as challenges go. The festivities will look a lot different than usual this year, so I thought it would be nice to put up some suggestions of a few recipes that
There’s a LOT to love about The Mandalorian. The authentic feel of Star Wars that hearkens back to the original trilogy, the callbacks to other SW stories and characters, not to mention the amazing technology that totally immerses the actors and fans in each setting. But one thing I love (granted, I am totally biased)
(This post contains an affiliate link, which means I might get a small kickback if you decide you need this cookbook too, but in all honestly, I’m only promoting it because I think it’s the best thing since sliced bread.) I have a kitchen confession: I’ve never been able to make French macarons. Which is
This is something I’ve been playing with now for years and years, and haven’t gotten quite right to my satisfaction until now. Frank Herbert is a little bit coy with his descriptions of melange, but overall the sense is that of cinnamon, sometimes specifically “bitter cinnamon”. In Dune, Dr. Yueh waxes poetical, saying that the
In recent weeks, I have received several independent requests for a Lembas recipe, and I have to thank those of you who reached out and gave me the nudges I needed to finally get this recipe up on the blog. You might think to yourself, “Huh, it’s super weird that there aren’t more LotR recipes
Have you seen The Dragon Prince? If not, what are you even doing right now? Get off this blog and go immediately to Netflix. Seriously. It’s one of the best shows like it that I’ve seen, the writing is fabulous, and it’s just been renewed for 4 more seasons! WHEN you watch it, I hope
I have to preface this post with a little info. Although the Redwall series was written by BrianJacques, a Brit, I’ve gone with an American style pudding for this recipe. Don’t get me wrong. I think a British style boiled pud, with stewed, spiced apples, doused with a rich creamy custard sauce would be just
It’s been nearly 10 years since this blog came into existence, and in the intervening years you all have traveled with me into outer space, back in time to the Roman Empire, and into more fictional realms than I can count. We have discovered unusual flavor combinations, quirky historical recipes, and some fabulous spices that
So, I have to confess that I ordinarily don’t much care for cauliflower. Or, well, most vegetables, if I’m perfectly honest. Don’t judge – It’s a genetic thing. But I am VERY pro cheese, so a recipe that masks veggies with a creamy cheese sauce, it turns out, was sorely needed in our household lineup.