An evolution of tiny pies! Here on the fourth try they’re looking much better

These blueberry mini pies are not pretty, but they are delicious. It’s all I can do not to eat four of them right now.

These go by a lot of different names, but I call them Five Layer Bars. Made them for my D&D group last night, and I am quite pleased with the results.

Tonight’s adventure: flourless chocolate cake (using the recipe from King Arthur)

Today’s project: tiny chocolate pecan pies. Confession: I used store-bought mini pie shells. Still delicious.

Looking for fun, funny, sexy escapism in These Trying Times? Kimberly Lemming’s Mead Mishaps series is full of fated mates, sexy demons, and Black female leads who are equal parts smart, hilarious, hot, and charming. I tore through all three pretty fast because I was having such a good time.

We’re on round five of focaccia now, and I think I’m getting the hang of making sure the dough is properly hydrated. Used AP flour instead of bread flour based on my internet research, and that seems to have been a good move.

Just finished with The Mimicking of Known Successes, which is both sci-fi and classic gas lamp mystery all at once. The world-building is fascinating (if hard to visualize), and I loved the characters. Also, space lesbians.

Making chocolate peanut butter chip cookies for the potluck at the local Unitarian church. I haven’t voluntarily set foot in a church in years, but their service today is centered on social justice action, so here we go.

Are these homemade croutons ever going to see a salad? I mean, maybe, but we’re going to eat more than half of them as snacks.

The yield of a day of project cooking: fettuccine with marinara, grilled chicken, and focaccia — everything from scratch!

My mom got me a present! I’m about to have a wild fresh pasta weekend!

Just finished with the last of Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series, and I wish it weren’t over. These books are cozy sci-fi at its best, with charming characters and thorough, interesting world-building. Highly recommend for anyone seeking a bit of escape.

Lessons from Chinese literature:
If some mega-hottie shows up in your bed like “oh hi stranger, I want you soooooo bad” that’s not your woman/man, that’s a fox spirit, and they are gonna fuck you to death.

Had a blast at pasta school at Rafael’s Table, and now I need a pasta machine.

The journey toward perfect focaccia will continue, but this one was pretty great.

We got our Christmas stuff up!

It’s Spotify Wrapped Time! It’s very obvious who I obsessively listened to before going to shows, but there’s some pretty decent variety in the numbers, and I enjoy the sharp jump from pop to sea shanties.