This summer, we’re venturing deep into the realm of the fae with Summer in Faerie 2025—a season-long creative journey filled with enchanted recipes, whimsical crafts, and a touch of garden magic. I wanted to take a quick moment to clarify what patrons over on Patreon can expect this summer. 🌟 What You Get as a
And it’s so brief a season, at that, so I’m posting a couple recipes in one, today! I’ll be incorporating both of these recipes into my Summer in Faerie final feast, so keep an eye out for those over on Patreon! While compound butters, as we know them today, rose to fame in later French
“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,For I would ride with you upon the wind,Run on the top of the disheveled tide,And dance upon the mountains like a flame.”— W.B. Yeats, The Land of Heart’s Desire This summer, I’m stepping through the garden gate—and you’re invited to follow. From June through August, I’ll
For today’s recipe, I’m circling back to where this crazy career started: Redwall. I don’t know about the rest of you, but this was always one of my most-desired recipes from the Redwall series. Just look at this one passage from The Bellmaker: I mean, RIGHT?! As a kid, I was under the impression that
Thoughts: I know it’s been a while since we visited the Seven Kingdoms, but while digging through some old drafts, I found this gem—unpublished for nine years! I don’t know how I let this slip so far through the cracks, but I’m delighted to share it now! The silky texture and unexpected combination of flavors
One of my quick fixes to get me through part of this winter was a pretty hefty binge into the worlds of the videogame No Man’s Sky. It’s an immersive, open world space exploration game, and one of my favorite parts is scanning new flora and fauna on unexplored planets. And, I mean, how amazing
Here’s a recipe I made last month for my daughter’s 5th birthday. She is in a shieldmaiden phase of her life (the first of many, I hope!), and has been especially interested in all things Viking, including “old letters”, or runes. So in addition to a rather stunning crow cake surrounded by sparkly edible crow
It feels both strange and natural to find myself always coming back to The Inn. It’s somewhere I’ve dwelt, at least partly, for over a decade now, and in my heart, probably much longer than that. This past weekend, I had the chance to remind myself why I do what I do, and how much
“‘It is dull, Son of Adam, to drink without eating,’ said the Queen presently. ‘What would you like best to eat?’ ‘Turkish Delight, please, your Majesty.’ The Queen let another drop fall from her bottle onto the snow, and instantly there appeared a round box, tied with a green silk ribbon, which, when opened, turned
This recipe hails from the world of Prythian, in Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorn and Roses (ACOTAR). I first read the series several years ago, but have been enjoying her other novels over the past year. And given that the third book in her Crescent City series drops later this month, I knew I