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Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

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Comics artist, illustrator and designer in Chicago. I made: Let’s Make Bread!, Let’s Make Dumplings!, Let's Make Ramen!, The Adventures of Fat Rice, I Think You're Sauceome, Shuteye, The Complete Ouija Interviews. She/her

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Sarah Becan @sarahbecan.bsky.social · Oct 28

New intro post! I'm Sarah, an illustrator, comics artist and designer in Chicago and I love to draw food. I've illustrated a few comic book cookbooks (Let's Make Dumplings!, Let's Make Ramen!, Let's Make Bread!) and I would love do more!

www.sarahbecan.com

A vibrantly colored cartoon drawing of a Chicago hot dog

A detailed cutaway illustration of an arroz gordo in a traditional clay pot

A top-down illustrated grid of the ingredients that go into a Buddha's Delight dish

A watercolor illustration of an exploded bowl of ramen, surrounded by comics panels detailing the steps for assembling a finished bowl

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Bill Amend

@billamend.bsky.social

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

February 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM

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Heather H (she/her/Heather)

@oneeyedgraeae.bsky.social

When I got home, I spent the afternoon making Chashu from the recipe in Let's Make Ramen! (@sarahbecan.bsky.social). The house smells delicious.

February 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM

Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

FUN FACT! If you preorder my new book Let's Make Cocktails! from @challengers.bsky.social by March 9, you will get a FREE exclusive art print by me. This is what it looks like!

More info on the event and the preorders:
challengerscomics.com/pages/event-...

a pen and ink and watercolor drawing of 20 different colorful cocktails

February 16, 2026 at 9:28 PM

Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

New I Think You're Sauceome comic this week! Did you know that the Kir and Kir Royal cocktails were named after Félix Kir, a badass priest, French resistance fighter and knight of the Légion d'Honneur?

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Recipe: Kir and Kir Royal

A classic French cocktail named for a badass priest and resistance fighter

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February 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM

Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

Hey #Chicago! I'm going to be at this art market Saturday, February 28! There will be art, live music, food, face painting and more! It's at a gorgeous looking event space near Diversey and Pulaski, and it's free!

www.eventbrite.com/e/avondale-arts-market-tickets-1982554092660

Avondale Arts Market

Experience the debut of Avondale Arts Market, hosted by Avondale Arts x Parker Karlov. Shop 35 local artists with community activations!

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February 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM

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Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

New Sauceome comic this week!!

Yes I’m still thinking about chili and chili peppers. 🌶️

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A Pepper By Any Other Name

Yes, I'm still thinking about chili and chili peppers

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February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM

Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

New Sauceome comic this week!!

Yes I’m still thinking about chili and chili peppers. 🌶️

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A Pepper By Any Other Name

Yes, I'm still thinking about chili and chili peppers

buttondown.com

February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM

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Dee Mendes

@deemendesart.bsky.social

Before covid, there was a food truck in Austin called that, run by drag queens:
Texas Chili Queens combine chili, culture – The Daily Texan share.google/FLCI34XvVtVh...

Texas Chili Queens combine chili, culture

Drag culture and Texas chili culture cross paths at Texas Chili Queens in Austin. Popping up in different Austin spots regularly, the food truck is basically RuPaul meets the Terlingua Chili Cookoff. ...

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February 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM

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Veronica

@veronicaeye.bsky.social

My mom's family is from San Antonio, so I greatly enjoyed this week's newsletter from @sarahbecan.bsky.social. I hope you do too.

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The Chili Queens of San Antonio

The women who kept San Antonians fed for 60 years

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February 2, 2026 at 7:18 PM

Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

New comic this week, about San Antonio's Chili Queens, who presided over the city's plazas for 60 years!

(Sorry, I'm still on a chili kick) ^_^

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The Chili Queens of San Antonio

The women who kept San Antonians fed for 60 years

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February 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM

Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

Playing with a riso machine today! ^_^

A folded cut card that says “you’re super hot” with drawings of super hot chili pepper varieties

A yellow and red riso print that says “you’re super hot” with drawings of super hot chili pepper varieties

A pink and red riso print that says “you’re super hot” with drawings of super hot chili pepper varieties

January 31, 2026 at 9:15 PM

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Bruce Springsteen

@brucespringsteen.net

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM

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Adam Serwer

@adamserwer.bsky.social

One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Trump-administration officials and MAGA influencers have repeatedly called these activists “violent” and said they are involved in “riots.” But the resistance in Minnesota is largely characterized by a conscious, strategic absence of physical confrontation. Activists have made the decision to emphasize protection, aid, and observation. When matters escalate, it is usually the choice of the federal agents. Of the three homicides in Minneapolis this year, two were committed by federal agents.

“There’s been an incredible, incredible response from the community. I’ve seen our neighbors go straight from allies to family—more than family—checking in on each other, offering food and rides for kids and all kinds of support, alerting each other if there’s ICE or any kind of danger,” Malika Dahir, a local activist of Somali descent, told me.

If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “neighborism”—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from. The contrast with the philosophy guiding the Trump administration couldn’t be more extreme. Vice President Vance has said that “it is totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their next-door neighbors and say, ‘I want to live next to people who I have something in common with. I don’t want to live next to four families of strangers.’” Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America.

January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM

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taylr

@taylordahlin.com

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM

Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

New Sauceome comic this week, with a recipe for chili!

(and some thoughts about how dumb it feels to be making food comics at this particular moment.) (ㆆ_ㆆ)

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Recipe: Chili

Hot and spicy chili to warm your bones on snowy winter nights

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January 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM

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James Kochalka Superstar

@kochalka.bsky.social

One of my favorite commissions is to redraw pages from my books.

Sarah Becan @sarahbecan.bsky.social · 25d

Every time I pick up this book my heart feels such a way, and the only accurate description I have is stolen from @kochalka.bsky.social 's "Quit Your Job"

My heart is big for such a little cat!

Four panels from James Kochalka's Quit Your Job: "Even though I am an indoor kitty... I can see the stars through the window. Then... my heart is big for such a little cat"

January 23, 2026 at 3:50 PM

Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

My advance copies of Let’s Make Cocktails! arrived yesterday afternoon and they’re so pretty!! This is my first solo book and I’m very emotional about it 😭

Let’s Make Cocktails! comes out April 7, and you can preorder it now at your favorite book shop!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771958...

The front and back cover of Let’s Make Cocktails!

The dramatic spine of Let’s Make Cocktails!

An interior spread of Let’s Make Cocktails! describing how to prepare drink garnishes

An interior spread of Let’s Make Cocktails! showing the history and recipe for the Clover Club

January 23, 2026 at 2:53 PM

Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

This is 🌟AMAZING🌟 and we need to hear more about the s'mores dumpling idea!

AManRidingAWomanRidingAMotorBike @amrawramb.bsky.social · 26d

I am one (1!) recipe away from having made every dumpling in the "Savory" chapter of @sarahbecan.bsky.social's Let's Make Dumplings! book (pork & chives potstickers). I've made others! I jumped around a bit. I've got an idea for adapting the sweet sesame dumpling into a s'more dumpling!

January 23, 2026 at 2:38 PM

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Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

New Sauceome comic today, with a recipe for Khashlama, a delicious and hearty Armenian stew.

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Recipe: Khashlama

A delicious, hearty, comforting lamb (or beef) stew from Armenia

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January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM

Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

New Sauceome comic today, with a recipe for Khashlama, a delicious and hearty Armenian stew.

buttondown.com/sarahbecan/a...

Recipe: Khashlama

A delicious, hearty, comforting lamb (or beef) stew from Armenia

buttondown.com

January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM

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Trung Le Nguyen

@trungles.com

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

Just before Christmas, I got a puppy.
Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie.

I'm still learning how to understand her.

Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo?
Do you need to do a widdle piddle?

Minnie: Arf!

*I just call her "little baby" most of the time.

I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now.
Nobody tells you about that.

I got so lucky with my first puppy.
Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now.

Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.

I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers.

I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless.
The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective.

I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition.
ICE will pick up anybody.

I know that.

So I tucked my passport away.

And I largely avoid leaving my house.

I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too.
And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized.
We'll do our best to get through this.

Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?

January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM

Sarah Becan

@sarahbecan.bsky.social

Hourly Comics Day approaches!

January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM

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Borja Sotomayor

@borjasotomayor.bsky.social

My newest t-shirt design just dropped! Get it at borjasotomayor.threadless.com and, for a limited time, get 15% off ANY product in my Threadless site with this promo code: HELLOWORLD26

A black t-shirt depicting a laptop computer floating in space, saying "Hello, world!" to planet Earth (which bashfully accepts the greeting)

January 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM

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kottke.org

@kottke.org

Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]