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The United States of Tali and the Ballad of Rye

In the past I’ve waited until my dogs are gone to create tributes to them: I do angel-dog cartoons, and sometimes I name cocktails after them (if you want to try the Jasper, it’s 1.5 oz apple brandy, .5 oz Luxardo or other cherry liqueur, .5 oz Cynar or other Amaro, 1/8 t red chileContinue reading “The United States of Tali and the Ballad of Rye”

ESC #22

This one had a rough Moroccan theme. The Bizzy Izzy cocktail was OK, but I got a little loosey-goosey with the substitutions (arrack for bourbon–I know, what was I thinking?) and had to off-road pretty significantly to save it–turned it into a champagne cocktail, because who doesn’t like a champagne cocktail? I can’t give youContinue reading “ESC #22”

ESC #21: Father’s Day Edition

A week late, sorry. I went through my Try file and picked out all the recipes I thought my dad would have liked best. Of course, it ended up skewing German…. The Black Forest Cake was a knockout and not hard at all to make—once you got past the hand-grating of 9 oz of semisweetContinue reading “ESC #21: Father’s Day Edition”

Gosha’s Back!

youtube.com/watch I mean, the vlog itself is amazing: rose jam! But I’m posting because Gosha the crow, who flew off earlier in the spring, is back to hang out with his cat and bunny (and human) buddies on the farm. I don’t know the story about how they got Gosha in the first place, whetherContinue reading “Gosha’s Back!”

ESC #20: DessArt Day 2 (with linocuts!)

Credit to my friend Gina for the clever name for our casual art workshop-plus-dessert-bar series (it’s a series now because we’ve had 2! And there’s a third planned for August now on bookmaking…). Here were the recipes this time. They were all pretty good, but I think the favorites were the blackberry tart and theContinue reading “ESC #20: DessArt Day 2 (with linocuts!)”

Tisane of the Week: Rose Honeysuckle Mint (etc.)

I inherited a crazy yard—really a mini urban farm complete with livestock (the chickens were written into the counter-offer): there are six fruit trees (sadly down from 8), 7 raised beds in different levels of the yard, and untold numbers of flowering shrubs and annuals, not to mention patches of perennial herbs here and there.Continue reading “Tisane of the Week: Rose Honeysuckle Mint (etc.)”

Meatball Stuffed Spaghetti Squash

I know…. Spaghetti squash is so 2000s Paleo, right along with Zoodles and all that carb-phobic jazz. But this dish turns out to be really good. Split a spaghetti squash in half, scoop out the seeds, rub with olive oil, and roast until really nice and soft and roasty; it took a solid 40 minutesContinue reading “Meatball Stuffed Spaghetti Squash”

Tulip the Rescue Beaver

I did not know that beavers live 25 years! Or that they can be safely rehabilitated and released…. youtube.com/watch

ATEEZ Dance Practice “Work” (Sports version)

youtube.com/watch Once again, not my favorite song from them. But you know I love their dance practices, and they’re just so obviously having a ball here (har har) that the pure joy is infectious even if the song isn’t–for me at least).

Letter of Recommendation: FOOD⭐️STAR

Ever since we lost Japanese Style Originator from Netflix, I’ve been missing their deep-dive videos into traditional ways of making and doing things. Fortunately, I found FOOD⭐️STAR, which fills part of that gap for me. They’re particularly strong on artisan bakeries in Japan, both traditional and Western style ones, but they also feature wagashi (teaContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: FOOD⭐️STAR”