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Ian "Mak" Makay
@ianmakmakay.bsky.social
Just call me Mak! 😉

Author living life with espresso, dark chocolate, a keyboard, and a camera.
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https://ianmakay.com
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Taste some delicious prose!

As much, if not more, than other food writers M.F.K. Fisher converted culinary memories into written feasts.

Try a bite of The Art of Eating!
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May 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In a word, literature is my Utopia.
Here I am not disfranchised.
No barrier of the senses shuts me out
from the sweet, gracious discourse
of my book-friends

Helen Keller
“The Complete Story of My Life”

#Art 🎨 Suzuki Harunobu “Two Young Women Reading Books”
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March 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The cat does not offer services.
The cat offers itself.

William S. Burroughs
“The Cat Inside”
#Caturday 😺
#Quote 🖌

#Art 🎨 Franz Marc “Two Cats: Blue and Yellow” / “Zwei Katzen, blau und gelb”
March 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
5 ⭐️ Amazon Books & Goodreads #Reviews!

#IrreverentReference with a culinary twist!
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#Foodie #GiftIdeas💡
#WeekendWisdom 🎨
#Quote 🖌
March 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
SIGN IN A BAGEL STORE:

Protect your bagels, put lox on them.

#IrreverentReference with a culinary twist!
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#WeekendWisdom 🥯

#Art 🎨 “Zero Defects Zero Violations” issued by Hughes Aircraft Company
March 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
American history is not meant to be pretty.
It is plain.
It is simple.
It is strong and truthful.
Full of blood.

James McBride
“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store”
#Quote 🖌

#Art 🎨 Henry Louis Stephens “Untitled”
March 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Rummaging around your grandparents’ attic lately?

Find a box of old baseball cards?

You may wanna check them out. This one sold for $7.25 million at auction in 1921.

I’m not blowin’ smoke! ➤ ianmakay.com/blowin-smoke...

#Art 🎨 “Honus Wagner” (T206 baseball card) issued by the Am. Tobacco Co.
March 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
March 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cooking will test your patience and creativity. ... Enjoy the process!

Francine Lizotte
(@clubfoody.bsky.social)
#FoodFriday #Quote 🖌

#IrreverentReference with a culinary twist!

#Art 🎨 Akseli Gallen-Kallela “Woman Cooking Whitefish”

ianmakay.com/hard-boiled/
March 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
5 ⭐️ Amazon Books & Goodreads #Reviews!

#IrreverentReference with a culinary twist!
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#Quote 🖌
#FoodFriday #ProTIP 💡
March 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
March 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Nine out of ten people like chocolate.
The tenth person always lies.

John Q. Tullius
#FoodFriday #Quote 🖌

#Art 🎨 “Cocoa & Chocolate Works” issued by C.W.S. Cigarettes

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March 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
5 ⭐️ Amazon Books & Goodreads #Reviews!

#IrreverentReference with a culinary twist!
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#FoodFriday #GiftIdeas💡
March 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
They who do not fear darkness
Have learned to light their own candle. 🕯️

Dodinsky
“In the Garden of Thoughts”
#FridayFeeling
#Quote 🖌

#Art 🎨 Wassily Kandinsky “Small Worlds VII” / “Klein Welten VII”
March 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
5 ⭐️ Amazon Books & Goodreads #Reviews!

#IrreverentReference with a culinary twist!

#AmReading📚
#Foodie #GiftIdeas💡
#Quote 🖌

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March 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Time is an illusion.
Lunchtime doubly so.

Douglas Adams
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus”
#Quote 🖌

#IrreverentReference with a culinary twist!

#Art 🎨 Giorgio de Chirico “The Philosopher’s Conquest”

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March 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Life is
either a daring adventure
or
nothing.

Helen Keller
“The Open Door”
#MondayMotivation
#Quote 🖌

#Art 🎨 Alma Thomas “Starry Night and the Astronauts”
March 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Innovation is serendipity,
so you don’t know what people will make.

Tim Berners-Lee
“The New York Times”
#MondayMotivation
#Quote 🖌

#Art 🎨 Jackson Pollock “The Key”
March 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sending hugs … errr … coffee ... errr ... both ☕️ 😉

ianmakay.com/coffee/
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
5 ⭐️ Amazon Books & Goodreads #Reviews!

#IrreverentReference with a culinary twist!

#Foodie #GiftIdeas💡
#FoodFriday #Quote 🖌

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February 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits.

Henry David #Thoreau
“Wild Apples”
#FoodFriday 🍎🍏
#Quote 🖌

#Art 🎨 Paul Cézanne “The Basket of Apples”
February 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
There is always a best way of doing everything,
if it be to boil an egg.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
#Quote 🖌

#IrreverentReference with a culinary twist!

#Art 🎨 Odilon Redon “The Egg”

ianmakay.com/hard-boiled/
February 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
5 ⭐️ Amazon Books & Goodreads #Reviews!

#IrreverentReference with a culinary twist!

#Foodie #GiftIdeas💡
#FoodFriday #Quote 🖌

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February 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#FoodFriday #Recipes for Disaster 😂
February 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM